Is Xi Jinping more powerful than Donald Trump?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 31, 2017 / The National
Donald Trump will be in China almost a year to the day since he was …
Read MoreThe glue that joins Russia and the Middle East in dreadful dependence
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2017
What is Russia up to in the Middle East? On the one hand it seemed …
Read MoreIt’s not enough to wish ISIS fighters dead
by Rashmee
Posted on October 29, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
A British government minister recently addressed the unique international difficulties posed by the Islamic State’s …
Read More#Catalonia: This has to have been the most reluctant, foot-dragging bid for freedom ever
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2017
Think about it. The Catalan president would neither declare independence nor back away from it …
Read MorePeople of the night: Why many western cities want mayors for the graveyard shift
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2017
A half-dozen European cities and one in Colombia in South America have night mayors. Many …
Read MoreWhat do you reckon Trump feels about Xi’s new elevated place in China & the constitution?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 26, 2017
Donald Trump has publicly saluted the “extraordinary elevation” of China’s President Xi Jinping, comparing him …
Read MoreIn Afghanistan, Trump’s grand strategy begins to fall apart
by Rashmee
Posted on October 25, 2017 / The National
Coincidence, a leading science fiction writer once said, is the word we use when we …
Read MoreIs the US a rich, underdeveloped country? Why else would it allow child marriage?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 24, 2017
Watch this story by the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool. Had I not heard the American accents …
Read MoreBjorn Lomborg and the Crown of Resolute Optimism about human progress
by Rashmee
Posted on October 23, 2017
After years of relentless optimism, Bjorn Lomborg is allowing himself to be disappointed. This matters.…
Read MoreArabs were in Europe a thousand years ago
by Rashmee
Posted on October 22, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Those concerned about a settled Muslim presence in Europe might want to note that it …
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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