There’s a whole bookshelf of new books on cities

by Rashmee

Posted on July 20, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA Not too long ago, I took delivery of my copy …

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How did Bangladesh become the ‘miracle on the Meghna’?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 7, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA What have you heard about Bangladesh recently? If nothing, or …

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Does Norway get the right to warn or advise on Gabon’s forests in return for big bucks?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 1, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA If I pay you to keep something safe does that …

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From Jackson Browne to chants of ‘fake news’, America’s soft power remains strong

by Rashmee

Posted on June 16, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA As a child I was overwhelmed by the yearning evoked …

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Barbary wars V 2.0 against cyber-piracy?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 9, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA US officials say they have recovered $2.3 million – more …

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Turkey takes a dissident’s nephew off Kenya’s streets. Yes, May was glorious — for impunity

by Rashmee

Posted on June 2, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA May was a glorious month for impunity. The skies over …

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‘North Korea in the heart of Europe’?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 26, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA Two statements sum up the implications of  the weekend’s dramatic …

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The decline and fall of the Roman empire was a spur…to progress

by Rashmee

Posted on May 19, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA The West has long lamented the decline and fall of …

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‘Women should actively work to take up more space’

by Rashmee

Posted on May 12, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA The other day I heard bestselling American crime writer Sara …

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Look who’s at the head of the digital currency line-up

by Rashmee

Posted on May 5, 2021


/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA Britain is arriving fairly late to the digital currency party. …

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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