Publications by pp_editor

Hungary in late 2025

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Hungary approaches her April 2026 parliamentary election with an unfamiliar sensation: uncertainty. Since 2010, Prime […]

15.12.2025

Are lasers next?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Lasers have always promised a particular sort of military elegance: a weapon that strikes at […]

15.12.2025

Russia’s deteriorating navy

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Russiaโ€™s naval fleet has long occupied a central place in her strategic imagination. From the […]

15.12.2025

How many peacekeepers would it need?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The prospect of a negotiated ceasefire in Ukraine, mediated principally by the United States, inevitably […]

14.12.2025

The troop numbers Europe would need to withstand a Russian invasion

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor To ask how many troops Europe would need is really to ask three separate questions. […]

14.12.2025

Minsk as mediator?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The release yesterday of more than one hundred Belarusian political prisoners, secured in exchange for […]

14.12.2025

Mandatory military service in Europe

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The question of whether mandatory national service is required across Europe to deter a future […]

13.12.2025

Re-arming Europe for Parity with Russia

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The question of whether Europe can achieve fighting parity with the Russian Federation is no […]

13.12.2025

Russiaโ€™s Winter Strike Strategy for 2025โ€“26

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor As winter returns to Eastern Europe, Russia has initiated yet another campaign of long-range strikes […]

12.12.2025

Stalingrad and Pokrovsk: Two Assaults Separated by a Century

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Second World Warโ€™s battle for Stalingrad has entered historical memory as one of the […]

12.12.2025