Some surprising actors want the Yankees in their backyard
by Rashmee
Posted on January 26, 2022
The Estonians want the Americans to stand guard in the Baltics. So too, it seems, …
Read MoreLiving with – or without – Covid
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2022
On Saturday, it was two years exactly since China put Wuhan in quarantine. On January …
Read MoreThe case for China’s continued rise, even in a deglobalising world
by Rashmee
Posted on December 18, 2021
I recently read a Shanghai-based think-tanker’s view on why China will continue to rise. Zhang …
Read MoreThe (re)making of China…in Mr Xi’s image
by Rashmee
Posted on November 12, 2021
What now, that the Chinese Communist Party has passed a decision exalting President Xi Jinping …
Read MoreChina tightens its belt – literally
by Rashmee
Posted on November 5, 2021
Shortages in the West (especially Britain) are a big and ongoing story but we don’t …
Read MoreThe ‘next climate summit’ (after COP26, that is)
by Rashmee
Posted on October 28, 2021
COP26 hasn’t even begun and some media organisations are on to the “next climate summit”.…
Read MoreWhat’s with the Gallic ire?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 17, 2021
France is hopping mad that the US, UK and Australia have announced a new three-way …
Read MoreHad it been Brexit in 2005, there would have been no ‘British’ success at the US Open
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2021
Britain is celebrating Emma Raducanu’s stunning success as “the first British woman to win a …
Read MoreAre the Taliban really in charge?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2021
Tomorrow is the first day the Taliban will be in sole charge of Afghanistan. But …
Read MoreOnline gaming is ‘opium’ and Mahjong
by Rashmee
Posted on August 8, 2021
The Chinese are right. Online gaming is “opium for the mind”, as a state-owned newspaper …
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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