The ‘Trump of the Tropics’ takes office & his guru spouts off. Happy New Year
by Rashmee
Posted on December 31, 2018
Tomorrow, January 1, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’ takes office as president of Brazil. Much …
Read MoreBit by bit, the new world order is being born…today, it’s with trans-Pacific trade
by Rashmee
Posted on December 30, 2018
Today (December 30), the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) comes into force. This was …
Read MoreLords and Ladies of Misrule in a year of tumult
by Rashmee
Posted on December 29, 2018
Was 2018 an especially bad year for good governance? Leonid Bershdisky seems to think so …
Read MoreIraq wants the Americans out. Yet again.
by Rashmee
Posted on December 28, 2018
Here we go again. The Iraqis want Americans troops out. Yet again. Remember 2011? The …
Read MoreComputers aren’t winning everything & competitive human chess is proof of that
by Rashmee
Posted on December 27, 2018
Once upon a time, Harvard professor Kenneth Rogoff played competitive chess. In the late 1970s, …
Read More‘She too’? Some may quibble but it’s been a good year for women
by Rashmee
Posted on December 26, 2018
Time was when someone like Pamela Anderson, a model and star of Baywatch, wouldn’t have …
Read MoreThe Christmas story is told in the Quran
by Rashmee
Posted on December 24, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Far-right parties in the West often portray Islam as at war with Christianity. What gets …
Read MorePutinitis infects the Congo, kinda
by Rashmee
Posted on December 23, 2018
Today (December 23), for the first time since gaining independence in 1960, the Democratic Republic …
Read MoreForecast from the 1776 French Revolution: ‘The present order is the disorder of the future’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2018
I was very struck by philosopher Srecko Horvat’s observations on the Yellow Vests protests in …
Read MoreMessage of Syria withdrawal: You can trust America to let you down
by Rashmee
Posted on December 21, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Those who now express outrage, shock and complete surprise at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw …
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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