America calling: The Ukraine war needs diplomacy not daredevil talk
by Rashmee
Posted on November 8, 2022
The US midterms matter…to Ukraine. Yes and no. Conventional wisdom has it that if Republicans …
Read MoreWhen it comes to hurling insults, Moscow is not a patch on Pyongyang
by Rashmee
Posted on June 18, 2022
When it comes to insults, the Russians could do worse than take classes from the …
Read MoreColonisation and decolonisation in the context of Kharkiv’s architects
by Rashmee
Posted on June 9, 2022
We’ve been discussing colonisation in the context of Ukrainian architects. Oleg Drozdov, who co-founded …
Read MoreNature and Ukraine make Davos very far from business as usual
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2022
Journalists have been reporting the usual sorts of things back from Davos: ** that …
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 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 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 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 MoreBorscht, a Ukrainian hug in a mug
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2022
Once upon a time, Lemsip and Cup-a-Soup were battling each other for the right to …
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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