BRICS for a new world order

by Rashmee

Posted on September 3, 2023


Welcome to This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new and old that resonate …

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Mystery of the missing sea ice and a literal heat wave, ie hot water

by Rashmee

Posted on August 1, 2023


Two of the more shocking bits and pieces I couldn’t fit into the cli-fi and …

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The 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. …

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It’s not quite true that Biden gave Boris a bespoke bike and got a framed Wikipedia photo in return

by Rashmee

Posted on June 14, 2021


/ BLIMEY BLIGHTY Britain may be much poorer for Brexit but it’s not so broke …

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G7’s global corporate tax pitch is both practical and principled

by Rashmee

Posted on June 8, 2021 / The National


International summits can sometimes be dull and formulaic, but there is a decided buzz about …

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Boris Johnson and that honeymoon

by Rashmee

Posted on June 7, 2021


Sometimes, it’s hard for a newly married prime minister to feel the love / BLIMEY …

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Young 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 …

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Trump eviscerates G7 - and America’s leadership

by Rashmee

Posted on May 31, 2020 / The Focus


Donald Trump wants to turn the G7 group of advanced economies into the ‘G10 or …

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Summitry is best captured in satire - if only so much of it wasn’t so achingly accurate

by Rashmee

Posted on June 12, 2018 / The National


Sometimes summitry is best captured in satire. Ahead of today’s Singapore meeting between Donald Trump …

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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