Ukraine’s defence ministry corruption reshuffle marks a painful moment in an agonising war
by Rashmee
Posted on February 7, 2023
Anyone who wishes Ukraine well will be dismayed by news that its defence minister, Oleksii …
Read MoreThe high point of the ‘Hummus Wars’ was probably its lowest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 30, 2022
In 2016, the so-called “Hummus Wars” were raging and Lebanon and Israel had a lively …
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 MoreFrom 1979, this man kept tabs on the EU’s worsening verbal diarrhoea
by Rashmee
Posted on July 2, 2021
/ LANGUAGE Words matter, and the European Union shows just how much. In the years …
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 MoreAfter Brexit, the French urge Europe to rethink the language of Shakespeare
by Rashmee
Posted on January 23, 2021
It’s not particularly surprising that the French sent up a trial balloon within a few …
Read MoreTree-hugging pandemic therapy, home-delivered litter. What will governments do next?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 20, 2020
In August, this blog explored “unique” government jobs that push up against the category of …
Read MoreGeopolitics and conscious uncoupling – up to a point
by Rashmee
Posted on September 18, 2020
‘Conscious uncoupling’ became famous – both as a term and a concept – in 2014, …
Read MoreFrance and Italy are food and beverage superpowers
by Rashmee
Posted on September 15, 2020
There’s no question that Europe’s food and beverage superpowers are France and Italy. Half of …
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 …
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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