NEWER ARTICLES
This is a list of articles and other materials that date from 2020 onwards. We will endeavour to update it from time to time. For the most recent articles, click here to access a reverse chronological list.
The subjects about which we write most frequently have been:
1. The socio-economic effects of COVID
2. The politics of Kuwait
3. Self-defence and close combat fighting
4. Travel in hostile environments
5. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine (particularly in the south)
6. The Republic of Belarus
7. The Republic of Serbia
8. Politics in the Balkans
9. Personal security
10. The work of intelligence personnel
11. Information about specific intelligence agents
12. Moldova and the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic
13. Recreational drug use and how to mitigate its harms
14. The safety of electronic communications
15. Light hearted articles in the above categories
Here is the chronological list of articles.
March 2020
What questions should we be asking about Coronavirus?
Illegal international financing networks: the basics
How to survive a Mareva injunction
Most likely to succeed? Potential scenarios for Kuwaiti succession
How to manage travel during a lockdown
April 2020
How to cross a frontier of the Russian Federation with a British passport
What to do when the Police enter crowded licensed premises with a view to making arrests
Coronavirus cases: will we accept them?
How to approach a surprise militia checkpoint
Self defence in societies without guns
The lamp of liberty in an age of crisis
Are you are confused about Coronavirus statistics?
The endurance of faith in a time of crisis
How to enter and exit the Gaza Strip
The United Nations at 75: time for a rewrite?
Coronavirus travel blog: Minsk, Republic of Belarus
May 2020
Travelling around Europe during a Coronavirus crisis: a practical guide
Coronavirus and narcotics: geopolitical comparison
Society after Coronavirus #1: Unlocking Transport
Society after Coronavirus #2: Hospitality and Real Estate
Coronavirus travel diary #2: Belarus, five weeks on
Coronavirus face masks: what's your style?
Society after Coronavirus #3: the Growth of Government
Travelling in Europe as the Coronavirus pandemic winds down
Society after Coronavirus Essay #4: War, Crime and Terror
June 2020
Society after Coronavirus Essay #6: Revolutions in Agriculture
July 2020
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter 1
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter 2
Society after Coronavirus #7: Universal Basic Income
Society after Coronavirus #5: International Healthcare Cooperation
October 2020
Society after Coronavrius #8: the Relentless Contraction of the Economy
Society after Coronavirus #9: What's Wrong with Lockdown Measures?
The Battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Chapter Three
Society after Coronavirus Part #10: A Short History of Plagues
November 2020
Why is Trump litigating over the US General Election?
March 2021
Areopagitica: Freedom of Debate and the Global COVID Challenge
The United Nations in the Fight against COVID
April 2021
Coronavirus Travel Diary: Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
The Demise of the Dayton Protectorate
Constitutional Reform in Contemporary Bosnia
June 2021
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Four
September 2021
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Five
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Six
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Seven
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Eight
Suing the Intelligence Services: Part #1
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Nine
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Ten
What is the best mobile phone to purchase?
October 2021
Secure messaging: can it be done?
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Eleven
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Twelve
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Chapter Thirteen / Suing the Intelligence Services, Part #2
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Fourteen
Population Decline in Russia and Ukraine: Toward an Explanation
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Fifteen
November 2021
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Sixteen
The problem with vaccine passports
Suing the intelligence services, Part #3; the fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy: Chapter Seventeen
The problem with Bosnia's last High Representative
Das problem mit Bosniens letztem Hohen Vertreter
Problem sa prosljedenjim visokim predstavnikom Bosne
December 2021
Open letter to Alexander Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia
Drug policy in contemporary Serbia
Ascertaining Drug Consumption: A Practical Guide for First Responders
January 2022
Job specification: legal assistant, the Paladins
Job specification: computer programmer and white-hat hacker, the Paladins
Job Specification: House Manager, the Paladins
Job specification: House manager, the Paladins
How to survive a land invasion by the Red Army
An Essay on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part #1
An Essay on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part #2: Domestic Political Manoueverings
Suing the Intelligence Services, Part #4; the Battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Part #18
February 2022
Associated Press - Bad Journalistic Standards
An Essay on Russia's Invasion of Ukraine, Part #3: Why is the Diplomacy Failing?
The Kuwaiti Videos Affair - Contents
The Paladins Services in the Ukraine Conflict
An Essay on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part #4: Understanding Russian Intentions
An Essay on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Part #5: Preventing another Genocide
Ukraine: how to avoid being shot by snipers
March 2022
Ukraine: pricing structures for extraction services
Ukraine: intergovernmental situation assessment as of 16:00 EET Wednesday 22 March 2022
Ukraine War Bulletin as of 17:00 EET Wednesday 2 March 2022
Aggression of Russia and Belarus in Ukraine, February to March 2022
The Paladins statement on the catastrophes in Kharkiv and Mariupol
Ukraine War Bulletin #17, 18:00 EET, Thursday 3 March 2022
How to contribute to the Paladins' emergency logistics campaign
Understanding the political psychology of the Russia-Ukraine war
Ukraine: an essay on the economics of the refugee crisis
Pridnestrovian Diary, Part #2: behind Russian lines, the future of Bessarabia is at stake
Open letter to the President of Pridnestrovia
Открытое письмо Президенту Приднестровья
Borders, refugee flows and refugee facilities in Bessarabia
Personal reflections on the war in Ukraine
Bessarabian Logistics: A Practical Guide
April 2022
Ten things you (probably) never knew about the war in Ukraine
Ukraine: Towards a Peace Agreement, Part #1
The best map of the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic ("PMR")
Ukraine War Crimes Register: Travelling Draft
Travel to Ukraine: call for volunteer
A Guide to the Initial Investigation of War Crimes
Ukraine War Crimes Register: Guide for Volunteers
Україна: трекер військових злочинів
War crimes allegations: recommending a forum
Ukraine war crimes investigation notes
Украина: трекер военных преступлений
The Paladins services on filing complaints with the International Criminal Court in The Hague
Open letter to Governor Vitaliy Kim
Akhmetov's Steel Factory and Kolomoisky's Port
Specialist extraction services: Ukraine
A Journeyman's Guide to Vacationing in Crimea
A Journeyman's Guide to Travelling in the Donbass
A Journeyman's Guide to Travel to Mariupol
War Crimes Reports of the Ukraine Office for the Coordination of European/Euro-Atlantic Integration
A Journeyman's Guide to Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson and Melitopol
The attack on Pridnestrovia, 26 April 2022
The Azovstal Steel Factory, April 2022
The Paladins news articles about Ukraine: a statement of ethical principles
May 2022
A journeyman's guide to travel in Zaporizhzhiya oblast and its environs
The Paladins observations on Labour Day amidst the war in Ukraine
The Paladins Guide to Confidential Communications in Theatre
The Russification of Ukrainian Railways
Open letter to Mr Igor Kolomoisky
Questions and answers about the war in Ukraine
What's going on in the Donbass?
The school bombing in Bilhorivka
Ukraine: will there be a nuclear exchange?
A short guide to Russian battlefield equipment employed in Ukrainian theatre
The Northern Ireland Border Problem, Part #2
The Paladins updates on the war in Ukraine
A Journeyman's Guide to Travelling to Belarus in the Summer of 2022
A Beginner's Guide to Visiting the Republic of Serbia
Contemporary developments in surveillance technology
How to create an ad hoc helipad or runway
Do I need to register with the Police upon arrival in Serbia?
Long distance travel by train and by bus
The political economy of the Russian Federation
A guide to snakes, insects and other harmful small animals
A journeyman's guide to travel in western Ukraine
What next in Russia's Ukraine strategy?
The Paladins: extraction services from or around Ukraine
A brief biography of Aleksandr Dvornikov
June 2022
Cocaine and amphetamine psychoses
Open letter to the President of the Republic of Serbia on the occasion of his re-election
The methods and goals of a political psychologist
International Relations in the Twenty-First Century: the Russian Snake
My friend has a severe drug addiction problem. What should I do?
Technological developments in conventional warfare
Why are there no peace negotiations?
International relations in the Twenty-First Century
A guide to Russian merchant shipping vessels
Rewriting the Official Secrets Act 1989
Ukraine travel advisory update
How to survive an FSB filtration
Welcome to Serbia! Avoid Amphetamines. Добродошли у Србију! Избегавајте амфетамине
Per Diem rates in conflict zones
Hostile environments, Part #1: Uzbekistan
Hostile environments, Part #2: Republic of the Congo
Hostile environments, Part #3: Venezuela
July 2022
Hostile environments, Part #4: the Republic of Tajikistan
Hostile environments, Part #5: Ethiopia
Hostile environments, Part #6: Bolivia
Hostile environments, Part #7: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hostile environments, Part #8: the Gaza Strip
Sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Serbia: the hidden taboo
Hostile environments training course
Hostile environments, Part #9: the Republic of Belarus
Hostile Environments, Part #10: Bangladesh
Hostile environments, Part #11: Mauritania
The United Kingdom and Pridnestrovia: Bilateral Relations
Diplomacy in the Second Cold War
Hostile environments, Part #12: the Republic of Serbia
Russia's nuclear ambitions in Europe
Autism spectrum disorder: a battlefield civilian expert's psychiatric analysis
Pridnestrovian Diary: 30 July 2022
Pridnestrovia: What's it all about?
August 2022
What's going on in Northern Kosovo?
Второе открытое письмо Президенту Приднестровья по поводу конфликта на юге Украины
Second open letter to the President of Pridnestrovia on the conflict in Ukraine
Pridnestrovia: what's not in the textbooks
The Paladins mission danger scale
Spending your 2022 summer holidays in Odessa
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, chapter 18
What's wrong with the Swiss legal system?
Balkans insight: a Paladins focus
Russia / Ukraine: the Paladins are leading experts
Атомный ветер Энергодар: советы киевлянам, николаевцам и херсонцам
Enerhodar: summary of position late August 2022
Mikhael Gorbachev: a personal obituary
September 2022
Falling out of hospital windows
My ten favourite things about Belgrade
How to stay fit in your late 40's
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Chapter 19
The struggle for Kharkiv oblast
John Bosnitch on Her Majesty the Queen
In the matter of Группа Вагнера (Wagner Group)
Should Ecstasy (MDMA) be legalised?
The Paladins instructions for emergency contact
The Belgrade Drug Policy Clinic
The West's advantage in the Second Cold War
The PALADINS mission to Kherson
How to smuggle contraband through airports
The Paladins scales for agent skills and reliability
October 2022
Why is Serbia poor - and is it true?
The fight for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Chapter 20
The Paladins Organisation publications record
A federalisation plan for the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic
Observing subcultures in contemporary Serbia
Otto von Bismarck on the war in Ukraine
The autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia
Eastern Europe expatriate quality of life scales
A federalisation plan for the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, Part #2
Russia's anticipated use of neutron bombs in Ukraine
Damjan Krnjevic-Miskovic, Russian agent
Martial law in Russian-occupied Ukraine
Kuwaiti intelligence. Do they have any?
How should we fight the cocaine epidemic?
The battle for the Kuwaiti Emiracy, Part #21
Qatar's social conservatism: a World Cup 2022 perspective
November 2022
The tragic fall of the International Olympic Committee
Clinical trials towards the legalisation of psilocybin and LSD
What's wrong with the Olympic Council of Asia
What's wrong with Red Star Football Club?
Nebojsa Lazarevic, Russian agent in the Serbian government
Getting weapons past security guards
Russian intelligence organisations' presence in Serbia
A federalisation plan for the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic, Part #3
World Cup Doha - where is Sheikh Ahmed?
Why Liz Truss's fiscal policy was right
Clinical trials towards the legalisation of psilocybin and LSD
What's wrong with the Olympic Council of Asia?
What's wrong with Red Star Football Club?
Getting weapons past security guards
Nebojsa Lazarevic, Russian agent in the Serbian government
Russian intelligence organisations' presence in Serbia
World Cup Doha - where is Ahmed Al-Sabah?
Nebojsa Lazarevic, ruski agent u vladi Srbije
Russian intelligence organisations in Serbia, Part #2
Serbian Police units met with automatic weapons fire on the Hungarian border
Job applications: Intelligence Officer at the PALADINS Organization
How to win the Second Cold War
Scott Morrison, traitor to Australia and foreign agent
December 2022
How to be properly poisoned, Part #2
What it's like to be gay (hooray!)
SVR harassment and countermeasures
Applying pressure to adversaries: a journeyman's guide
Serbia: CLOSED to foreign psychopaths
Doha poisonings - letter to British Minister Amanda Milling
Letter to Serbian President Alexander Vucic on Drugs Policy
Russia's attempts to freeze Ukraine to death
The mysterious death of Dimitriy Zelanov
How to remain President of Russia
The future of the Russian Federation
How to lose control of a global social media company
Should we regulate social media?
Dancing when you're old and young
The solicitor's duty to the Court
Embracing diversity at the Solicitors Regulation Authority
Is your sexuality relevant when being poisoned by chloral hydrate?
Inclusiveness policies at the Quarters Swiss Cottage
How to negotiate with Russians
Sex trafficking of professional people
Homosexual sex trafficking in Kuwait
Homosexual money laundering in Russia
Use of the death penalty in Kuwait against Royal Family members
Ethics, discipline and integrity in the recruitment of intelligence agents
Should Kuwait become a Republic? (Part #1)
How to give someone a hard beating using police equipment
Kuwait: supporting homosexual rights in Afghanistan
Russian Signals updates: advanced techniques to avoid blunders and incompetence