Ban Ki-Moon, Obama close out and most Americans still don’t care about UN confab

by Rashmee

Posted on September 20, 2016


Being physically present in the US does not make the United Nations’ annual jamboree, the …

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Brexit I to Brexit II? The UK out of UNSC ? It depends on who you ask

by Rashmee

Posted on September 17, 2016


In Bratislava on Friday (September 16), there were, as The Economist said, “forced smiles” all …

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Peoples’ anger & the Austrian re-vote. Read correctly, plan accordingly

by Rashmee

Posted on September 16, 2016


The real takeaway from the forthcoming re-run of Austria’s presidential election (now re-re-scheduled from October …

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The British Ambassador’s Belly Dancer said all that one could about Uzbekistan

by Rashmee

Posted on September 3, 2016


News of Ismail Karimov’s “ill health” reminded me of a chilly February night in London …

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Nationalism is the new normal in global politics

by Rashmee

Posted on September 1, 2016 / The National


A week ago, American presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton spoke at length about a phenomenon she …

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Why did France stick with the hijab ban but found the one on burqinis hard-going?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 27, 2016


You don’t have to be a lawyer to wonder why France made such a fuss …

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#Trump, Farage: Supporters’ willful ignorance beyond #DunningKruger

by Rashmee

Posted on August 26, 2016


I heard the former UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s speech to 15,000 devoted Donald Trump fans …

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Ignorance, fear and the burqini ban debacle

by Rashmee

Posted on August 25, 2016 / The National


The alleged Islamification of Europe has become an occasionally absurd but critical political fault line, …

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Two ways to deal with Europe? Clacton-on-Sea stays closed; Bristol defiantly open

by Rashmee

Posted on July 30, 2016


Chris Giles, the Financial Times’s economics editor, has offered some radical thoughts on what Brexit …

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Trumping Nato will leave the rest of us vulnerable

by Rashmee

Posted on July 28, 2016 / The National


Nato, a prominent environmental activist once acidly said, was never going to be concerned about …

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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