The visible effects of Ukraine’s powerful currency – soft power
by Rashmee
Posted on May 18, 2022
Off the back of Professor Joseph Nye’s insightful analysis of Ukraine’s soft power, here …
Read MoreTime running out to save Sri Lanka from economic collapse
by Rashmee
Posted on May 12, 2022 / open Democracy
Sri Lanka is in a state of chaos. Faced with the worst economic crisis of …
Read MoreWhat you need to know about Solomon Islands
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2022 / open Democracy
A new world order is coming into being in Oceania, it seems, with Solomon Islands …
Read MoreMyanmar and the attempted resurrection
by Rashmee
Posted on April 18, 2022
This Easter, Myanmar’s generals tried to resurrect their country’s standing in the world, as well …
Read MoreThe Rohingyas, like India’s Muslims, seem to be a second-string hard luck cause
by Rashmee
Posted on April 17, 2022
As with Muslims in India, Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims are denied the luxury afforded by the …
Read MoreThe West looks carefully away from the situation of Muslims in India
by Rashmee
Posted on April 16, 2022
As previously noted, the Indian authorities have conspicuously ignored physical and psychological assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreThe West suffers selective myopia and amnesia over India’s Muslims
by Rashmee
Posted on April 15, 2022
Here’s a good example of the way the Indian authorities ignore physical assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreThe West sheds still more crocodile tears for Xinjiang
by Rashmee
Posted on April 14, 2022
On April 8, a Christian Chinese national who spent 10 months in a Xinjiang detention …
Read MoreRealism about Russia, great powers and greater self-interest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 1, 2022
India and China are proving the US president wrong. Joe Biden says Russia is “isolated …
Read MoreWhat can China do about Ukraine and will it do it?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 15, 2022
The horror of what’s happening in Ukraine has focussed minds on China’s obligations. After all, …
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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