How to end the Ukraine war: Talks can’t aim to solve everything, everywhere all at once
by Rashmee
Posted on April 25, 2023
Richard Haass is a professional peacenik. In the sense, that he’s an American diplomat and …
Read MoreExpert opinion from Japan on the ‘Indian century’
by Rashmee
Posted on April 22, 2023
On January 29, a piece appeared in Nikkei, the Japanese business daily that’s world’s largest …
Read MoreRealism over the Ukraine war requires both weapons surge and diplomatic flurry
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2023
Will the casual leaking of top secret Pentagon documents change the course of the Ukraine …
Read MoreUkraine war re-positions ‘the heart of Europe’ more eastwards…in Poland
by Rashmee
Posted on April 11, 2023
The Washington Post recently quoted US military intelligence officer and Center of European Policy Analysis …
Read MoreIndia too, like the US, makes distastefully pragmatic policy choices
by Rashmee
Posted on March 1, 2023
Western politicians can often be pretty tone deaf about the oil price compulsions that guide …
Read MoreOn war’s 1st anniversary, two Ukrainian women provide a lesson in the moral psychology of hope
by Rashmee
Posted on February 25, 2023
It was fitting that we sat down to dinner with two Ukrainians on the first …
Read More‘War and forgetting’: Could Ukraine ever fall as much out of focus as Syria?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2023
One of the best pieces I read on the tragic first anniversary of the Russian …
Read MoreMetric of misery: Turkey & Syria, one week on. Ukraine, nearly one year in
by Rashmee
Posted on February 13, 2023
One week on from the earthquakes that have devastated large swathes of Turkey and Syria. …
Read MoreThe first Leopard tank arrived in Kyiv in a blizzard of rumours about graft
by Rashmee
Posted on February 9, 2023
On February 7, the first German Leopard 2 tank arrived in Kyiv, with another 100 …
Read MoreUkraine’s defence ministry corruption reshuffle marks a painful moment in an agonising war
by Rashmee
Posted on February 7, 2023
Anyone who wishes Ukraine well will be dismayed by news that its defence minister, Oleksii …
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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