New year, same old problem across the pond?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 6, 2023
It’s reasonable to look at the US Capitol, where the newly Republican-controlled House of Representatives …
Read More‘Tunisia is a country trapped in a slogan’
by Rashmee
Posted on July 29, 2022 / BBC
Have a listen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct39t8…
Read MoreTunisia, a country trapped in a slogan
by Rashmee
Posted on July 26, 2022
For all too long, Tunisia has been a country trapped in a slogan – the …
Read MoreComparing the US and Iran causes a small storm in a tiny teacup
by Rashmee
Posted on July 5, 2022
I had a couple of day-after-the-Fourth-metaphorically-speaking pieces ready to go, but a change of plan …
Read More‘Trumpian-ness reminds us of just how vulgar democracy is, unless moderated by conventions’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2022
Harvey Mansfield, who is both politically conservative and philosophically liberal, recently offered one of the …
Read MoreHow to view the 246-year-old experiment that is democracy in America
by Rashmee
Posted on January 18, 2022
How to view democracy in America? ** A 246-year-old experiment that’s failing? ** A 246-year-old …
Read MoreDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 14, 2021 / open Democracy
On 11 October, the Arab world’s first female prime minister was sworn into office in …
Read More3 different takes on democracy: America, Afghanistan, Venezuela
by Rashmee
Posted on September 2, 2021
When I think of democracy, I look around the world and see three very different …
Read MoreThe US, EU and Democracies Anonymous, a new mutual aid fellowship
by Rashmee
Posted on June 29, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA Renaud Lassus, minister counsellor for economic affairs at the French embassy …
Read MoreMr Biden is right that America is back. For how long is the question
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2021
/ POLITICS & AMERICA The good news is that Joe Biden began his first trip …
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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