The world expected too much from Obama. Now it expects too much of Kamala Harris
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2020 / The Independent
When Joe Biden said of Kamala Harris, “Her story is America’s story”, it felt …
Read MoreHuffington Post Book Review: Pomegranate Peace
by Rashmee
Posted on July 13, 2020 / Huffington Post
Book Review: Pomegranate Peace PETER VAN BUREN Author, Hooper’s War: A Novel of WWII Japan, …
Read MoreCoronavirus and the prognosis for Afghanistan’s faux peace deal
by Rashmee
Posted on March 21, 2020
Afghanistan is at a particularly unenviable moment as the coronavirus outbreak shuts down …
Read MoreThe Taliban and the Nobel Peace Prize – the Malala connection
by Rashmee
Posted on February 29, 2020
Now that the Taliban has signed a deal with the US, making possible the final …
Read MoreMr Trump’s proposed NATOME will be in the Middle East. That’s as ludicrous as the acronym
by Rashmee
Posted on February 14, 2020
It’s hard to see the rationale for Donald Trump’s call on the NATO alliance to …
Read MorePeace in Afghanistan? It’s September all over again
by Rashmee
Posted on January 18, 2020
Going by the news, the Taliban might be closer than at any point in a …
Read MoreBiggest failure of the US-Taliban talks was the lack of preconditions
by Rashmee
Posted on September 10, 2019 / The National
Now that Donald Trump has peremptorily cancelled an unprecedented Camp David meeting with the Taliban, …
Read MoreIn the new Afghanistan, the future of women must be protected
by Rashmee
Posted on July 16, 2019 / The National
In 2012, a novel titled The Taliban Cricket Club, by the writer Timeri N …
Read MoreIn Bishkek, multi-polarity builds its brand. It’s called SCO
by Rashmee
Posted on June 13, 2019
What should the world expect from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, which kicked off …
Read MoreA new era of pragmatic foreign policy appears to be emerging in Modi’s India 2.0
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2019 / The National
How will Narendra Modi’s India deal with the world now? Differently from his first term …
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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