Bipolar: Orban speaks to the state of the world
by Rashmee
Posted on May 20, 2022
On May 20, Hungarian leader Viktor Orban told a special meeting of US conservatives that …
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 MoreThe Rohingyas, like India’s Muslims, seem to be a second-string hard luck cause
by Rashmee
Posted on April 17, 2022
As with Muslims in India, Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims are denied the luxury afforded by the …
Read MoreThe West looks carefully away from the situation of Muslims in India
by Rashmee
Posted on April 16, 2022
As previously noted, the Indian authorities have conspicuously ignored physical and psychological assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreThe West suffers selective myopia and amnesia over India’s Muslims
by Rashmee
Posted on April 15, 2022
Here’s a good example of the way the Indian authorities ignore physical assaults on Muslims …
Read MoreThe West sheds still more crocodile tears for Xinjiang
by Rashmee
Posted on April 14, 2022
On April 8, a Christian Chinese national who spent 10 months in a Xinjiang detention …
Read MoreGagarin very nearly didn’t become the first man to successfully return from space
by Rashmee
Posted on April 13, 2022
The exploits of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space 61 years ago, are worth …
Read More61 years ago, Gagarin became the first man in space. It’s still worth celebrating
by Rashmee
Posted on April 12, 2022
These days, it’s thought to be in bad taste to praise Russia or Russians for …
Read MoreUkraine showed there are things worse than American power: Russian power
by Rashmee
Posted on April 4, 2022
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has marked a separation between old and new ways of …
Read MoreRealism about Russia, great powers and greater self-interest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 1, 2022
India and China are proving the US president wrong. Joe Biden says Russia is “isolated …
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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