Boris and that ‘special relationship’
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Boris Johnson, it turns out, isn’t overly fond of the phrase “special relationship”.…
Read MoreAmerican workers are like moths to Amazon’s flame
by Rashmee
Posted on April 15, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Amazon.com Inc. workers are unionised in Europe. But in the …
Read MoreBiden builds back the idea of infrastructure much better
by Rashmee
Posted on April 14, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA Joe Biden’s plan for America is about the remaking of …
Read MoreAnkara chairs and the business of ‘protocol machismo’
by Rashmee
Posted on April 8, 2021
/IT’S THE BUSINESS Heard the one about European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and …
Read MoreWhy do restaurants matter?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 27, 2020
‘1843’, sister magazine of ‘The Economist’ asked an important question the other day: Why …
Read MoreThe availability theory of human psychology is very unifying this US political cycle
by Rashmee
Posted on September 21, 2020
All politics is about psychology but especially the part that forecasts results. So to the …
Read MoreShattered over #RBG but the most tragic fact of all may be her refusal to step aside years ago
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2020
So US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a last instruction, dictated to her …
Read MorePakistan…Palestine: Sacred vs secular spaces in ummah politics
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2020
Does the “Arab street” still exist? I mean in the sense of the broad …
Read MoreThe centre-left cleaves to a principle enunciated by Plato
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2020
Following on from what I recently wrote about the centre-left’s fidelity to principle , it’s …
Read MoreThe US presidential election just got whackier
by Rashmee
Posted on July 5, 2020
Kanye West announcing his presidential candidacy makes an unusual US presidential election season more bizarre …
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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