Birthdays big and small: Kate and Kim

by Rashmee

Posted on January 9, 2022


On Sunday, January 9, Britain woke to news of Kate Middleton’s 40th birthday and …

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Kim Jong Un, the millennial

by Rashmee

Posted on September 6, 2019


Whether or not #Kim Jong Un likes #avo toast, his propensities are not particularly millennial. …

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For now, Trump-Iran talks are about talking

by Rashmee

Posted on September 1, 2019 / The Arab Weekly


Chances are the Iranians won’t be as wily — and as smart — as North …

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John Bolton’s trip to Mongolia was not like being sent to the Gulag. Here’s why

by Rashmee

Posted on July 4, 2019


John Bolton, President Trump’s National Security Advisor, generally gets a bad press as a hawkish …

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What’s a tough guy like Donald Trump to do?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 13, 2019


North Korea, Iran and Venezuela are misbehaving – truly and terribly. Kim Jong Un, Hassan …

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Nearly half of North Korea’s population needs humanitarian aid. But the missile programme goes on

by Rashmee

Posted on March 8, 2019


How do we know North Korea had its worst food harvest in more than a …

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Things Mr Trump and Mr Kim never discussed

by Rashmee

Posted on March 1, 2019


Even before Donald Trump met North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for the second time, it …

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The Trump-Kim Show, Season 2, Day 2

by Rashmee

Posted on February 28, 2019


What was the point of Donald Trump meeting Kim Jong Un twice in two years? …

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A second Trump-Kim summit will only be worthwhile if it produces more than a Kodak moment

by Rashmee

Posted on January 23, 2019 / The National


The US president’s budding bromance with the North Korean leader has failed to produce concrete …

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Could the Korean Peninsula blow up America’s legendary status as the essential nation?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 3, 2019


As of midnight December 31, 2018, here’s where things stood with respect to the Korean …

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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