Should Tunisia be following the French model of doing business? Or not…
by Rashmee
Posted on July 14, 2022
We are a pretty confused lot, it strikes me, as I think about two parallel …
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe diplomatic high table and Russian see-saw
by Rashmee
Posted on February 11, 2022
After Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met France’s President Emmanuel Macron (on February 7), all the …
Read MoreTurning the unvaccinated into modern-day lepers?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 7, 2022
On January 6, Italy made a coronavirus vaccination mandatory for everybody over the age of …
Read MoreA moral vacuum…on either side of the English Channel?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 13, 2021
On either side of the English Channel, the debate is about a moral vaccum. In …
Read MoreA French president who’s made for TV?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 18, 2021
Everyone’s talking about Eric Zemmour, the “French Trump”, and his audacious bid for …
Read MoreIs Europe course-correcting after taking a hard-right turn?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2021 / The National
Now that the Netherlands’ election results have been finalised and officially published, chances are much …
Read MoreYoung though he is, Macron may suddenly feel the intimations of mortality. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2020
News reports on 94-year-old Valéry Giscard d’Estaing’s death routinely described France’s former president as “the …
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 MoreFrench public life is becoming more ‘Americanized’ and British public life more French
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2020
Everyone’s talking about the alleged “Americanization” of French public life, but almost no one 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