Trump would probably applaud unpredictable Modi’s economic shock-and-awe scheme

by Rashmee

Posted on November 30, 2016


We have it on good authority that the Trumps are probably highly approving of Indian …

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Whatever happens, Donald Trump is going to get richer. His brand is golden (like the potty)

by Rashmee

Posted on November 29, 2016


Enough with the caterwauling. Let’s face facts. Donald Trump is going to get a whole …

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Was Alain Juppe really ‘soft’ on Islamist militancy or just mild-mannered about the issue?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 28, 2016


One of the more interesting side stories to come out of France’s centre-right Republican party’s …

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Let’s cry wolf when we see one

by Rashmee

Posted on November 27, 2016 / The Arab Weekly


The list of Americans and others suspicious and fearful of US President-elect Donald Trump’s initial …

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In Germany, the Syrian baby ‘Angela Merkel’: How and why she’s not got asylum status

by Rashmee

Posted on November 26, 2016


The Washington Post headline was eye-catching enough. but was it really true? “Syrian baby named …

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Germany has set itself free of the past by being truly, deeply remorseful about it

by Rashmee

Posted on November 25, 2016


Before Donald Trump’s election win, film-maker Michael Moore pointed to Germany as a good example …

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Tribalism re-emerges in the post-truth world

by Rashmee

Posted on November 24, 2016 / The National


At a time when the idea of a more closely linked world appears to be …

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After Trump’s victory, might the world look to Germany as a moral centre?

by Rashmee

Posted on November 23, 2016


After Donald Trump’s election victory, where might the world look for a moral centre? The …

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It’s not nationalism that’s sweeping the West but a new form of tribalism

by Rashmee

Posted on November 22, 2016


Everyone’s talking about the new nationalism that’s sweeping the western world – the authoritative Economist …

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US risks losing moral authority on climate change

by Rashmee

Posted on November 20, 2016 / The Arab Weekly


It was rotten luck and very bad timing, but a key world climate change conference …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK