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 …

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Expert 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 …

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Realism 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 …

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Ukraine 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 …

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India 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 …

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On 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 …

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‘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 …

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Metric 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. …

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The 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 …

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Ukraine’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