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 …
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 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 MoreEurope is not an issue in the UK elections but it should be
by Rashmee
Posted on May 5, 2022
When British voters go to the polls on May 5 to elect their local authority …
Read MoreDip into the sabra hummus story
by Rashmee
Posted on May 1, 2022
“Sabra” is Hebrew for any Jew born in Israel. Those who aren’t au fait with …
Read MorePerils and positives of the proxy war in Ukraine
by Rashmee
Posted on March 31, 2022
“The West has entered a proxy war,” writes Michael Ignatieff (paywall), professor of history at …
Read MoreCOVID victims: In death as in life, the poor remain unseen
by Rashmee
Posted on March 27, 2022 / open Democracy
After two years of COVID and a global death toll of more than six million, …
Read MoreNakba: what the catastrophe meant for Palestinian political development
by Rashmee
Posted on March 24, 2022
The political consciousness of a people can be fragile. Not because people themselves are fragile …
Read MorePalestine and the two types of nationalism
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2022
In his 2013 paper titled ‘Palestinian Nationalism: An Overview’, Haifa university Professor As’ad …
Read MoreWhat is a country if it’s not a nation?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 21, 2022
Novelist Marina Lewycka’s musings about the ancient nature or not of Ukraine made me think …
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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