Kuwait got it; will Ukraine? (Hint: international help)
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2022
On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded its neighbour Kuwait, occupied it for seven months and …
Read MoreTrump’s threat to ruin Iraq financially has a historical parallel
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
It is outrageous to expect Iraq, which has suffered the loss of hundreds of thousands …
Read MoreAfter the assassination…America and the ‘Dr Evil’ syndrome
by Rashmee
Posted on January 8, 2020
I’m with Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times’ chief foreign affairs columnist. He recently suggested that …
Read MoreShould data analysis help determine foreign policy decisions?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 5, 2019 / The National
In 1998, Madeline Albright, then president Bill Clinton’s secretary of state, described the United States …
Read MoreIn Syria, history is repeating itself
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
What will be deemed normal in the Turkish-annexed part of Syria is likely to be …
Read MoreAmerica in the Middle East in 2019
by Rashmee
Posted on January 4, 2019
There is every chance America’s half-in half-out posture in the Middle East will create massive …
Read MoreIraq wants the Americans out. Yet again.
by Rashmee
Posted on December 28, 2018
Here we go again. The Iraqis want Americans troops out. Yet again. Remember 2011? The …
Read MoreBarbie wannabes and Iraqi women activists at risk
by Rashmee
Posted on October 7, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Shimaa Qassem, a former Miss Iraq, started to receive death threats days after the drive-by …
Read MoreFuneral watch in the Middle East?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 14, 2018
Bloomberg carried a doleful piece last week. It was about the “funeral watch” – in …
Read MoreIt is the Iraq invasion that will define Kofi Annan
by Rashmee
Posted on September 2, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
The death of Kofi Annan, UN secretary-general during one of the organisation’s most tempestuous 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