Ben Ali’s phone calls illustrate the lesson of history: dictatorships end ignominiously
by Rashmee
Posted on January 14, 2022
With impeccable timing, the BBC has released secretly recorded phone calls between Tunisia’s former dictator…
Read MoreWhat would you say if you saw this US president’s behaviour in another country?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2020
The New York Times’s David Leonhardt put it most succinctly of all. Quoting political scientist …
Read MoreBe warned. Tanzania’s Trump shows how quickly democracy can be undone
by Rashmee
Posted on March 19, 2018
Coincidentally, I was reading about Tanzania’s President John Magufuli almost at exactly the same time …
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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