Publications by pp_editor

Dictatorship and Gender Dynamics

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 25 January 2026 The proposition that dictators are almost always men is not merely […]

24.01.2026

Ukraine: the use of horses in winter

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 The appearance of horses on the winter battlefields of Ukraine during […]

24.01.2026

The geopolitical importance of Somaliland

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 Somaliland is one of those places that, until something dramatic happens, […]

24.01.2026

All talk in Abu Dhabi, all suffering in Ukraine

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 As negotiators convene in the calm, air-conditioned rooms of Abu Dhabi, […]

24.01.2026

Nurse Jen and the front line

By Monte Dunard Saturday 24 January 2026 Nurse Jen from Southern California just checked in from the front. She says […]

24.01.2026

Iranโ€™s switch on the wall

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 24 January 2026 When a state โ€œturns off the internetโ€, it rarely means a […]

23.01.2026

The Silent Swarm: AI Bots and the Fragility of Democratic Discourse

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 Democratic systems depend upon a basic assumption: that public debate, however […]

23.01.2026

Trump’s Board of Peace

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 President Trumpโ€™s proposed โ€œBoard of Peaceโ€ is best understood as two […]

23.01.2026

Domodedovo: A seizure in search of a buyer

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 23 January 2026 When the Russian state moved to seize Moscowโ€™s Domodedovo Airport in […]

22.01.2026

Oligarch power after invasion: weakened, transformed or merely disguised?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 22 January 2026 The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 appeared, at […]

22.01.2026