Perils and positives of the proxy war in Ukraine
by Rashmee
Posted on March 31, 2022
“The West has entered a proxy war,” writes Michael Ignatieff (paywall), professor of history at …
Read MoreA telling story about Putin’s state of mind from a European diplomat, formerly in Moscow
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2022
With the US and Ukraine expressing scepticism about Russia’s pledge to “dramatically reduce” military activity …
Read MoreZelensky’s ‘camouflage chic’, unrehearsed Churchillian oratory and what victory looks like for Ukraine
by Rashmee
Posted on March 29, 2022
Three telling points emerged from Economist editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes’s interview with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr …
Read MoreReturn of the international brigades
by Rashmee
Posted on March 28, 2022 / The New European
Could Ukraine become a historical hinge point for idealistic initiative when confronted by the forces …
Read MoreCOVID victims: In death as in life, the poor remain unseen
by Rashmee
Posted on March 27, 2022 / open Democracy
After two years of COVID and a global death toll of more than six million, …
Read MoreAll change with the PLO
by Rashmee
Posted on March 26, 2022
Some say that there hasn’t been quite such a moment again in the Palestinian national …
Read MoreNasser and post-Nakba Palestinian nationalism
by Rashmee
Posted on March 25, 2022
Gamal Abdel Nasser ranks high in the great man school of history in the sense …
Read MoreNakba: what the catastrophe meant for Palestinian political development
by Rashmee
Posted on March 24, 2022
The political consciousness of a people can be fragile. Not because people themselves are fragile …
Read MorePalestine and the two types of nationalism
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2022
In his 2013 paper titled ‘Palestinian Nationalism: An Overview’, Haifa university Professor As’ad …
Read MoreCountries, nations and states. Where does Palestine fit in?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 22, 2022
Going by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s definition, Ukraine is a nation, a state, a country, …
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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