Tis well to remember: The long shadow cast by France on Syria
by Rashmee
Posted on July 6, 2018
To many people, Syria spells no more than a long-running civil war, a dangerously internationalising …
Read MoreIs Jim Mattis the only senior Trump official who sees the big picture in Iraq?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2018
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is batting for Moqtada Al Sadr. Kinda, sorta. Mr …
Read MoreThe fight over America’s forever wars
by Rashmee
Posted on November 19, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Something extraordinary has happened in the capital of the world’s most powerful country: For the …
Read MoreWhy do secessionist movements rarely gather international support?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 3, 2017 / The National
Catalonia. Kurdistan. And, almost unnoticed by much of the world, Ambazonia in south-western and north-western …
Read MoreWhat on earth was Trump’s son-in-law doing in Iraq? Indians once had a term for this
by Rashmee
Posted on April 4, 2017
No one knows why Jared Kushner made his weekend dash to Iraq but one can …
Read MoreIraq. Bangladesh…Are some countries second-class triggers of global grief?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 11, 2016
Some countries are second-class triggers of global grief. It’s true, for all that we pretend …
Read MoreEven an admiring profile of Baghdad’s 1st woman mayor struggles
by Rashmee
Posted on July 22, 2015
There’s been a lot of talk of dynamic city mayors going on to govern countries …
Read MoreTime to press reboot on democracy? Only if the criteria are changed
by Rashmee
Posted on May 2, 2015
Is it time to press reboot on democracy, Foreign Policy magazine asks. It’s a …
Read MoreAs in pre-Surge days, Petraeus thinks Iraq is ‘hard but not hopeless’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 24, 2015
General Petraeus still believes that the situation in Iraq is “hard but not hopeless”. It’s …
Read MoreWhat does it mean that Raqqa in Syria and Derna in Libya are twin cities?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2015
It’s been five months since Derna threw in its lot with ISIL – an opportunistic …
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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