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 …
Read MoreWhatever 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 …
Read MoreWas 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 …
Read MoreLet’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 …
Read MoreIn 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 …
Read MoreGermany 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 …
Read MoreTribalism 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 …
Read MoreAfter 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 …
Read MoreIt’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 …
Read MoreUS 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 …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK