‘Amtrak Joe’, Pete Buttigieg and America’s train revolution
by Rashmee
Posted on June 4, 2023
It’s hard to think of America’s coming train revolution (click here and here for my …
Read MoreIs Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris a tick-the-box exercise?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 26, 2023
At the outset, let me just say, I vote Democrat and in the state of …
Read MoreWhat was the point of Joe Biden visiting Northern Ireland?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 12, 2023
The main thing about Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland was its brevity. On his …
Read MoreIndia, Italy, Saudi, Colombia, Ethiopia haven’t had a US ambassador for a year or more
by Rashmee
Posted on January 27, 2023
Shashi Tharoor, an Indian politician and former United Nations diplomat, recently fulminated on the Biden …
Read MoreLight starts to dim on the oldie goldies’ era of American politics
by Rashmee
Posted on January 8, 2023
The election of 57-year-old Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the US House of Representatives returns …
Read MoreIs the Africa-America axis really made real in Washington, DC?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 13, 2022
Washington, DC is holding an overdue holiday party that will last three days from kick-off …
Read MoreUnlike the UK, the US made sure slow-motion disaster of train strike wouldn’t happen
by Rashmee
Posted on December 8, 2022
The point about the US train strike is that it didn’t happen. American legislators did …
Read MorePutin’s naglost on Ukraine is a feature, not a bug
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2022
Facing reverses on the battlefield, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is doing his worst, targeting Ukrainian …
Read MoreHow credible will Rishi Sunak’s Britain be at the G20 in Bali?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2022
Three weeks into the job, Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will make his second outing …
Read MoreAmerica calling: The Ukraine war needs diplomacy not daredevil talk
by Rashmee
Posted on November 8, 2022
The US midterms matter…to Ukraine. Yes and no. Conventional wisdom has it that if Republicans …
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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