Signposts of a changing world order?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 30, 2018


Are there any signposts along the way when a world order changes? Yes. Consider …

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British choreography should have risen beyond the symbolic gesture

by Rashmee

Posted on June 29, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


When Prince William became the first member of the British royal family to officially visit …

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Minding the gap: Illiberal India and the age of unreason

by Rashmee

Posted on June 28, 2018


I missed my tube stop just the other day and have to lay the blame …

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Migration is not at a peak - hysteria is

by Rashmee

Posted on June 27, 2018 / The National


If we had little data and nothing more than political discussions in western capitals to …

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A G3 world order? Great powers compete, as in the 19th century

by Rashmee

Posted on June 26, 2018


“America First”. “Chinese dream”. “Great power Russia”. The world is being carved up between the …

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What to make of a migrant who doesn’t learn her new country’s language properly?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 25, 2018


Here’s a woman who came into a western country, worked, got naturalized, married, bore a …

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Global migration, from American dream to nightmare

by Rashmee

Posted on June 24, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


With every year since 2012, there’s been a new post-second world war global record for …

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‘Countries wanting to tackle migration should follow Switzerland’s lead and boost local economies rather than punish individuals’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 23, 2018 / The Independent


The European Union  desperately wants to agree on a plan to curb the influx of …

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An affecting account of parent-child separation in ‘Twelve Years a Slave’

by Rashmee

Posted on June 22, 2018


One of the most affecting accounts about the separation of a child from his or …

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Lessons from the goldfinch I found lying dead in my garden

by Rashmee

Posted on June 21, 2018


I found a dead goldfinch in my garden in Greenwich, southeast London, and felt hopelessly …

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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