Europe won’t admit that ‘ever closer union’ means the California-Mississippi issue

by Rashmee

Posted on April 8, 2020


Europe has a big problem. It doesn’t want to acknowledge that “ever closer union” requires …

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Coronavirus or not, Europe uses Albania to show it’s business as usual

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2020


The European Union (EU) is trying business as usual, pandemic or not, and it’s using …

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Friday, the 13th: It’s taken a virus to show up European disunion

by Rashmee

Posted on March 13, 2020


Italy asked Germany to send face masks and testing kits. It was China that answered …

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Amid preparations for Nato’s 70th anniversary summit, no one seems sure about where Europe should be heading

by Rashmee

Posted on November 26, 2019 / The National


Tomorrow, European officials will vote to confirm the new European Commission. If all goes well, …

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Europe does battle again with the demons of migration

by Rashmee

Posted on October 6, 2019 / The Arab Weekly


Direct investment in countries that produce the most migrants is a strategically smart idea. A …

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Europe just got less predictable

by Rashmee

Posted on May 31, 2019 / First Post


The Centre-right and centre-left took a beating in the EU elections. What else is in …

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A legitimating moment for European bigotry?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 19, 2019 / The Arab Weekly


Opinion polls indicate a surge in support for the far right ahead of the elections, …

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At the rate European disunion is going, Britain won’t need to exit

by Rashmee

Posted on February 8, 2019


Remember, before the Brexit referendum there was Viktor Orban. In 2014, two years before Britain …

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Common sense for the greater common good is the only deal Britain needs

by Rashmee

Posted on November 15, 2018


Everyone’s talking about the impossible feat of Brexit with benefits. On November 14, Britain and …

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When did the West lose Turkey?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 7, 2018


Today is a good day to talk about Turkey, whose president meets his Iranian and …

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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