Forget Trump for a minute. What was Turkey’s Erdogan up to at NATO summit?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2018
All the attention before, during and after the NATO summit has been focused on Donald …
Read MoreThe French president’s China problem is more common than people think
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2018
Emmanuel Macron has a China problem. But it’s got nothing to do with the country …
Read MoreWhat did Mark Zuckerberg know about Turkey’s elections and when did he know it?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2018
On Thursday, April 19 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey suddenly announced that presidential and …
Read MoreThe sultan and the tsar: A modern fairy tale from Ankara
by Rashmee
Posted on April 8, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Once upon a time in Ankara, the sultan of Turkey and the tsar of Russia …
Read MoreBoth East and West are tilting towards strongmen rulers in a ‘democratic rollback’
by Rashmee
Posted on April 3, 2018 / The National
Now that Xi Jingping is constitutionally allowed to remain China’s president for life, he …
Read MoreA rejected film festival in Germany; Islamising kindergarten: Erdogan’s Turkey
by Rashmee
Posted on March 15, 2018
Could it be oversight, cost-cutting, or part of a new cultural war with the …
Read MoreIn Turkey, an ominous question: Can war ever be good for public health?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 4, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Can war ever be good for public health? It’s a ludicrous question when the horrendous …
Read MoreRecep the Resolute, Turkey’s new sultan
by Rashmee
Posted on April 23, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Orhan Pamuk, Nobel literature laureate and one of the greatest contemporary chroniclers of Istanbul, once …
Read MoreRecep, the Resolute: The rise of Turkey’s new sultan with an agenda?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 18, 2017
Everyone’s talking about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s narrow win in the referendum, which allows …
Read MoreTurkey’s threat to turn on migrant tap is, like much of Erdogan’s words now, absolute nonsense
by Rashmee
Posted on March 18, 2017
Turkey’s irascible, intemperate and irrational president (now vying with America’s Donald Trump for the title …
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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