Dulwich Village and a coffee-coloured imagination

by Rashmee

Posted on March 31, 2018


The other day I met a van driver who lived in Dulwich Village, which is …

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Do you get a sense the Russians are a bit rattled?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 30, 2018


It’s all very well to play war games but rather harder to fight almost “everyone”.…

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Kim Jong Un, not Donald Trump may be the greatest negotiator

by Rashmee

Posted on March 29, 2018


The real surprise in all that’s happening with North Korea is the diplomatic nous displayed …

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Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump share a taste for bad hairstyles

by Rashmee

Posted on March 28, 2018


Personally, I think North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un will gel a great deal better with …

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The story of Alfred Nobel should sound a warning for Zuckerberg and his legacy

by Rashmee

Posted on March 27, 2018 / The National


The story goes that Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was so mortified by an …

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Junior Trumps’ divorce statement shows how language is mangled but does the job

by Rashmee

Posted on March 26, 2018


Note the words Donald Trump Jr, the US president’s oldest son, and his wife Vanessa …

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Assad: The movie — Journeys into Alt Reality

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


Can there be anything more cynical or staged than Syria’s president driving calmly from Damascus …

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With John Bolton, Trump administration’s competence matches its malevolence

by Rashmee

Posted on March 24, 2018


In January 2017, Benjamin Wittes, editor of Lawfare blog, created a memorable word template for …

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Will US-China trade war mean blockchain won’t be selling soybeans to Shanghai?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 23, 2018


Now that the US-China trade war is kicking off and Donald Trump is getting into …

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So Gazprom didn’t buy Britain’s biggest gas supplier in 2006. Good economic patriotism?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 22, 2018


In the context of soaring tensions between Britain and Russia, we might well look back …

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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