The G7 has returned to being a gentlemen’s club
by Rashmee
Posted on June 26, 2022
Today, leaders of some of the world’s biggest economies get together in the Bavarian Alps. …
Read MoreAs Mrs Merkel prepares to exit, the old debate continues: do women make better leaders?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 7, 2021
As German chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to step down, it’s worth remembering the understated nature …
Read MoreWomen aren’t always superstar leaders…as Ursula von der Leyen illustrates
by Rashmee
Posted on March 3, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA The other day someone gave thanks that Ursula von der …
Read MoreMerkel’s heir: ‘Three men and a vote’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 16, 2021
The most trite observation of all, as Germany’s most powerful political party picks its new …
Read MoreThis isn’t Trumpgate: here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on July 1, 2020 / The Focus
Legendary Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein has a scoop of sorts. Using authoritative accounts of …
Read MoreThe US and EU are competing to play peacemaker in the Balkans
by Rashmee
Posted on June 30, 2020 / The National
The Serbia-Kosovo dispute is back in the news more than two decades after the war …
Read MoreMore European Union? The ‘frugal four’ are pushing back against Franco-German largesse
by Rashmee
Posted on May 21, 2020
Some say there’s “18% more union”. That’s what Bloomberg opined anyway. It said that the …
Read MoreAmid preparations for Nato’s 70th anniversary summit, no one seems sure about where Europe should be heading
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2019 / The National
Tomorrow, European officials will vote to confirm the new European Commission. If all goes well, …
Read MoreLords and Ladies of Misrule in a year of tumult
by Rashmee
Posted on December 29, 2018
Was 2018 an especially bad year for good governance? Leonid Bershdisky seems to think so …
Read MoreHungary’s Orban says he wants ‘protect Europe’. Which one?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 14, 2018
It was striking that Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban declared that his country took as …
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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