Publications by pp_editor

Might Chechnya be the first to break away from Russia?

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Speculation about the integrity of the Russian Federation has become commonplace as the war in […]

24.11.2025

Peace Agreements and Sausages

By Matthew Parish Otto von Bismarck, that gruff connoisseur of political reality, reportedly observed that laws are like sausages: it […]

24.11.2025

The Dialects of the Ukrainian Language and Their Historical Origins

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The Ukrainian language, like all long-established vernaculars spoken across large and varied territories, is a […]

23.11.2025

The US attempt to remove the President of Venezuela

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The recent history of Venezuela has been marked by profound political polarisation, economic collapse, and […]

23.11.2025

Let us Pray for an Imperfect Truce

By Matthew Parish The history of wars seldom concludes with the neat finality imagined by diplomats or generals. Conflicts shaped […]

23.11.2025

Kyivโ€™s Perspective on the Twenty-Eight Points

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Rumours of a twenty-eight-point peace plan circulating between Washington and Moscow oblige Kyiv to read […]

22.11.2025

The Dismantling of the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine

By Matthew Parish The International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine (ILDU) was born amidst the dramatic upheavals of 2022 […]

22.11.2025

The Death of Modernism

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Modernism was a child of the twentieth centuryโ€™s belief in progress. It was an artistic […]

22.11.2025

Heroism

By Matthew Parish It comes to us in photographs, not noise: A man half-turned, his coat blown by the blast, […]

22.11.2025

The Twenty-Eight Points

By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor The search for a political settlement to the war in Ukraine has given rise to […]

21.11.2025