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 …
Read MoreThe 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 MoreA 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 …
Read More‘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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreUkraine 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 …
Read MoreKyiv 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 …
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 MoreEchoes 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, …
Read MoreThe 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