A European Monetary Fund? Europe’s answer to Trump’s tormenting?
by Rashmee
Posted on June 11, 2018
The German Chancellor is thinking of a European Monetary Fund (EMF), ie “greater independence within …
Read MoreEurope in the #Alternative #2017 of the space-time continuum
by Rashmee
Posted on December 28, 2017
Every year-ender ends on an uncertain note. The space-time continuum demands nothing less. Pay attention …
Read MoreGood actions can be bad politics as Germany shows
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Until late on November 19, no one really thought that being a Good Samaritan would …
Read MoreThis Fourth of July, America has a message in its inbox from much of the world
by Rashmee
Posted on July 4, 2017
It started three days after the Pew Research Centre poll that showed Donald Trump’s startling …
Read MoreIs Mrs Merkel really silly enough to hint she only invited Ivanka as a strategic route to dad?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 26, 2017
If German chancellor Angela Merkel invited Ivanka Trump to Berlin’s women’s summit as a strategic …
Read MoreIn Germany, the Syrian baby ‘Angela Merkel’: How and why she’s not got asylum status
by Rashmee
Posted on November 26, 2016
The Washington Post headline was eye-catching enough. but was it really true? “Syrian baby named …
Read MoreHow’s that? Ultra-right lost regional German election that went well for the far-right
by Rashmee
Posted on September 6, 2016
Consider the enormity of what happened in a relatively poor and obscure part of northeastern …
Read MoreWhy did France stick with the hijab ban but found the one on burqinis hard-going?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 27, 2016
You don’t have to be a lawyer to wonder why France made such a fuss …
Read MoreGermany’s partial ban on the burqa: Is that a bit like being half-pregnant?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 24, 2016
Not quite but it does underline the fact that Germany is facing elections and that …
Read MoreM&M’s. May and Merkel. The British and German leaders are natural adversaries
by Rashmee
Posted on July 15, 2016
They might be called Mrs Europe and Mrs Brexit. Angela Merkel, Germany’s long-serving Chancellor, is …
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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