What history tells us about the US president-elect
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2016 / The National
Barack Obama’s last scheduled foreign tour as US president is under way and it is …
Read MoreThis Wisconsin professor explains why it’s key to talk across political divides
by Rashmee
Posted on November 16, 2016
Wisconsin politics professor Katherine Cramer has a pretty good idea about how and why a …
Read MoreHow long will Hillary Clinton be free to hike in the woods in Trump’s America?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 15, 2016
On Friday, The Guardian reported a touching story about Hillary Clinton unplugged. The defeated candidate …
Read MoreUnlike America’s aspiring leaders, Canada’s Justin Trudeau is dangerously loved up
by Rashmee
Posted on November 8, 2016
Justin Trudeau’s honeymoon with everyone goes on and on and on. Canada loves its 44-year-old …
Read MoreRemember the Obama-Hope poster? Too much world enthusiasm for a US president can be a problem
by Rashmee
Posted on November 5, 2016
I was amused to read a new poll on how the Middle East and North …
Read MoreDoes it go beyond Trump? Is America’s leadership of the world irreversibly in decline?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 8, 2016
It’s not just Donald Trump and his dark and isolationist vision for America. Even some …
Read MoreMight Syria really become the 21st century’s Carthage, ruined cities of sighs?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 5, 2016
Carthage after the Romans. It’s a powerful and dispiriting image and it was evoked by …
Read MoreObama’s final UNGA as US president is a reminder of how much the world has changed
by Rashmee
Posted on September 21, 2016
Some say that this UN General Assembly (UNGA), the last that Barack Obama will attend …
Read MoreBan Ki-Moon, Obama close out and most Americans still don’t care about UN confab
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2016
Being physically present in the US does not make the United Nations’ annual jamboree, the …
Read MoreLife’s better than ever, so why are we so miserable?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 15, 2016 / The National
In this week of Eid celebrations and cautious optimism for the ceasefire in Syria, it’s …
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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