A woman of substance: the unconventional Alice de Rothschild

by Rashmee

Posted on May 19, 2022 / The New European


A French-style chateau owned by a banking heiress in the English countryside hardly seems the …

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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 …

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A sneaky birthday treat, filched from Axios

by Rashmee

Posted on May 17, 2022


In lieu of a birthday treat, I’m going to start with a quiz that I’ve …

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‘Like all traditions, birthday parties had to be invented’

by Rashmee

Posted on May 16, 2022


Birthdays are on my mind at the moment, more particularly, how did we come to …

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The Ides of May and Lebanon’s no-change election

by Rashmee

Posted on May 15, 2022


The Lebanese legislative elections have been hard to predict. Technically, it should have all been …

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Ukraine and the incredible force of soft power

by Rashmee

Posted on May 14, 2022


Political scientist Joseph Nye, a former Dean of the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, recently …

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Kyiv is western politicians’ new Mecca

by Rashmee

Posted on May 13, 2022


Jill Biden and Justin Trudeau were in Ukraine on the same day this month. The …

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Time 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 …

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Echoes of Sanctuary Mandela ‘46664’ room in Diana Flora margarine tubs?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 11, 2022


Remember the Diana tubs of Flora margarine? Within months of Princess Diana’s death in 1997, …

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The world in four elections: the Ides of May and the Philippines

by Rashmee

Posted on May 10, 2022


People normally speak about the Ides of March but in the Roman calendar, every month …

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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