Publications by pp_editor
Echoes of Imperial Overstretch: Soviet Decline, and Russiaโs Failures in Caracas, Tehran and Damascus
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 9 March 2026 Throughout history imperial powers have flattered themselves that their reach exceeds […]
Pete Hegseth: fit for the role?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Monday 9 March 2026 The outbreak of open war between the United States and Iran […]
International Womenโs Day and the Wartime Imagination of Ukraine
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 8 March 2026 International Womenโs Day, observed each year on 8 March, carries a […]
Lukoilโs Forced Retreat โ Sanctions, Asset Fire Sales and the Unravelling of Russiaโs Global Energy Ambitions
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 8 March 2026 The forced liquidation of Lukoilโs international assets represents one of the […]
Oil prices: on the up
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 The global price of oil has once again become a barometer […]
Iranโs Strategic Imagination: Foreign Policy, Defence Doctrine, and the Psychology of Terror
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 Iranโs contemporary foreign policy and defence posture cannot be understood solely […]
Russian intelligence support for Iran
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Saturday 7 March 2026 The war now unfolding in the Middle East has drawn in […]
The geopolitics of Iran’s strike upon Azerbaijan
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 The Iranian drone strike on Azerbaijanโs Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on 5 […]
Ukraine as a Security Exporter: The Geopolitical Consequences of Kyivโs Air Defence Assistance to the Middle East
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 The war in Ukraine has transformed the country in many waysโmilitarily, […]
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini: Revolution, Theology and a Legacy of Enduring Confrontation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 6 March 2026 When historians examine the ideological earthquakes of the twentieth century, few […]
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