This week the Trump administration bent its gaze on human rights. Be afraid. Be very afraid

by Rashmee

Posted on July 13, 2019


This was the week the American administration bent its gaze on human rights. Or rather, …

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Good news… the US isn’t ‘seeking’ war with Iran. Beyond that, no one knows

by Rashmee

Posted on May 9, 2019


The good news is the US isn’t seeking to go to war with Iran. At …

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Trump-Pompeo foreign policy ‘swagger’ is a year old & all about spin

by Rashmee

Posted on May 3, 2019


Friday, April 26 marked a year since Mike Pompeo promised to restore the State Department’s …

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While the Trump administration swaggers, the world gets down to business

by Rashmee

Posted on April 30, 2019 / The National


The US is no longer a global hegemon, both by choice and by circumstance. Solid …

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Trump’s America has a foreign policy Talleyrand would boil down to one word: ‘No’

by Rashmee

Posted on August 28, 2018


Five separate events over the past few days have come together to create a better …

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What’s the message of US sending Zalmay Khalilzad back to Afghanistan?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 23, 2018


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is yet to formally appoint Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born …

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Trumpian diplomacy? Just short of demanding ‘Iranians convert to Christianity’

by Rashmee

Posted on May 24, 2018


One has to wonder about Trump’s America’s notion of diplomacy when it dispatches its top …

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What’s with all the ‘swagger’ stuff at the US State Department?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 3, 2018


Mike Pompeo, Donald Trump’s second Secretary of State, first said he wanted the State Department …

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Should we care that the US changes its top diplomat?

by Rashmee

Posted on March 18, 2018 / The Arab Weekly


Does it matter that Trump’s America will get a new secretary of state? Not as …

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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