‘Why would Norwegians want to come to America today, except as aid workers?’
by Rashmee
Posted on October 2, 2020
In the aftermath of the dispiriting September 29 slugfest on US television – it was …
Read More‘Sell city, buy country’? The pandemic won’t empty London, NYC
by Rashmee
Posted on May 14, 2020
Some very clever people are writing off cities. Not altogether, but quite substantially. Consider a …
Read MoreEven a pandemic can’t stop the desperate flow of refugees to Europe
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
In the circumstances, an EU humanitarian package might serve as a band aid but not …
Read MoreIn Vienna, it’s yesterday once more
by Rashmee
Posted on January 13, 2020
Sebastian Kurz, Austria’s chancellor, is proof that political leopards don’t change their spots even when …
Read MoreEurope does battle again with the demons of migration
by Rashmee
Posted on October 6, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
Direct investment in countries that produce the most migrants is a strategically smart idea. A …
Read MoreEurope’s asylum policies are arbitrary and set a bad example
by Rashmee
Posted on September 8, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
The new Europe — its president, commission and parliament — needs to resolve the issue …
Read MoreA tale of two protests
by Rashmee
Posted on December 20, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
What happened in Brussels and Budapest on December 18 was about immigration and its real …
Read MoreThe migration compact doesn’t help a fraught debate
by Rashmee
Posted on December 16, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
It’s being billed as the first international deal on the migration crisis but it’s not …
Read MoreNow we need to understand what the Swedish election results really mean
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2018 / The National
Until it was over and almost all the results counted, the Swedish election was being …
Read MoreIs Tripoli the place to watch re. Europe’s ‘disembarkation platforms’?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 2, 2018
Anyone who believed the guff that came out of Brussels on Friday morning probably regards …
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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