Publications by pp_editor
The Politics Behind Kulevi’s Break with Russian Crude
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 July 2026 The decision by Georgia’s Kulevi oil refinery and terminal to cease […]
Four Futures for Russia: Between Submission, Fragmentation and Isolation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Sunday 12 July 2026 Russia has often imagined herself as a civilisation apart, neither wholly […]
Ankara and the New NATO: The Summit That Marked Europe’s Strategic Transition
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 The NATO summit held in Ankara this week may ultimately be […]
Why Bill Browder Believes Putin Started the War — and Why He Cannot Afford to End It
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 Few western observers have spent as much time studying Vladimir Putin, […]
Oligarchy Ascendant: Wealth, Power and the Future of Western Democracy
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 For much of the twentieth century, western democracies liked to think […]
Why Are the Russian Armed Forces So Bad?
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 The Russian Armed Forces present one of the great paradoxes of […]
Izolyatsiya: The Prison That Became a Symbol of Occupation
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 The story of Izolyatsiya is one of the most disturbing episodes […]
Europe First: Towards Renewal of an International Rules-Based Order
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Friday 10 July 2026 For almost eighty years, the international rules-based order rested upon a […]
Nigel Farage and the Limits of Anti-Establishment Politics
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Thursday 9 July 2026 British politics has long possessed a remarkable ability to absorb, marginalise […]
The Quiet Revolution Continues: Iran’s Changing Relationship with the Hijab After War
By Matthew Parish, Associate Editor Tuesday 7 July 2026 Wars often strengthen authoritarian governments. They rally populations around the flag, […]
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