Highs and lows of Palestinian exceptionalism
by Rashmee
Posted on April 23, 2022
On April 22, Israeli forces entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem and …
Read MoreThree recent conversations about Putin and ‘the end times’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 8, 2022
It’s been a few hours since I properly realised just how frightened people are that …
Read MoreKuwait got it; will Ukraine? (Hint: international help)
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2022
On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded its neighbour Kuwait, occupied it for seven months and …
Read MoreLooking for ‘Mein Kampf’ in London and Delhi
by Rashmee
Posted on January 29, 2022
Almost exactly a year ago, a friend started to talk about ‘Mein Kampf”. He was …
Read MoreImagine Tocqueville emerging from the Wayback Machine and setting foot in America today
by Rashmee
Posted on January 6, 2022
In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville, a 26-year-old Frenchman with an interest in politics, political philosophy …
Read MoreBoris 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 …
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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