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, …
Read MoreGood 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 …
Read MoreTrump-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 …
Read MoreWhile 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 …
Read MoreTrump’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 …
Read MoreWhat’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 …
Read MoreTrumpian 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 …
Read MoreWhat’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 …
Read MoreShould 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