Publications by pp_editor
The Engine Beneath the Oracle: How Large Language Models Actually Work
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 A large language model is an extraordinarily elaborate prediction machine. That […]
The Bridge at the Edge of Asia: Could Ukraine Sever Russia’s North Korean Lifeline?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 There are places on the map whose strategic importance bears remarkably […]
Donald Trump’s Secret Life as a Sex Worker
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 A work of political satire. The events, conversations, kompromat, criminal characters […]
Putin in the Kurils: An Old Territorial Dispute in a New Asian Cold War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 There are few places in the world where the unfinished business […]
Nuclear Risk in Wartime: The Precarious Fate of Ukraine’s Reactors
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 14 August 2026 There is something peculiarly unsettling about fighting a modern industrial war […]
The Floating City That Never Sleeps: Stress, Suicide and the Modern Aircraft Carrier
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 There is something profoundly unnatural about living upon an aircraft carrier. […]
The reform of Germany’s intelligence agencies
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 Germany is contemplating something close to a revolution in the constitutional […]
Nigel Farage and the Permanent Revolt
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 13 August 2026 There are politicians who administer the political order and politicians who […]
Richard Nixon Through Xi Jinping’s Eyes
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 Richard Nixon occupies a curious place in modern Chinese history. To […]
Philosophy and Politics: The Last Responsibility of Human Intelligence
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Wednesday 12 August 2026 There has always been a curious relationship between philosophy and politics. […]
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