Publications by pp_editor
Ryanair and the reopening of Ukraine’s skies: discounts, risk and the prize for being first
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 There is a particular kind of optimism that arrives not in […]
India’s reduction in reliance on Russian crude
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 27 January 2026 India’s experiment with discounted Russian crude was never meant to be […]
Icebreakers as Arctic power
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 There is a habit in some capitals of speaking about the […]
Hostage diplomacy by Russia
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 Russia’s practice of hostage diplomacy has become an increasingly normalised feature […]
Scott Bessent and the US President
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 26 January 2026 Scott Bessent represents a markedly different category of Trump-aligned figure from […]
Is Trump sending his allies towards China?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The return of Donald Trump to the White House has revived […]
Corruption in the Ukrainian hospitality sector
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The quiet coercion exercised by certain police and military officials against […]
Security in northeastern Syria
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 Over the past several days northeastern Syria has entered one of […]
Why did the Soviet Union move the Russian capital from Petrograd to Moscow?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The decision by the Soviet leadership to move the capital of […]
Language choice, bilingualism and identity in wartime Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 War sharpens distinctions that peace permits to remain blurred. In Ukraine, […]
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