The visible effects of Ukraine’s powerful currency – soft power
by Rashmee
Posted on May 18, 2022
Off the back of Professor Joseph Nye’s insightful analysis of Ukraine’s soft power, here …
Read MoreMaking Russia greater than ever by hook or by nuke?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2022
It stands to reason that Paul Rogers, a professor of peace studies, is well able …
Read MoreRather than whiffs of Munich, a European security plan that smells good?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 15, 2022
One of the most constructive suggestions offered on how to deal with Russia comes from …
Read MoreThat ‘whiff of Munich’ in the air? A form of bunting or scent-rubbing
by Rashmee
Posted on February 14, 2022
Cabinet ministers are mostly generalists – it’s rare for a doctor to be in charge …
Read MoreThe most important news out of Brussels this week isn’t happening
by Rashmee
Posted on October 21, 2021
Everything – except the one thing that really matters — is happening in Brussels this …
Read MoreEurope looks to a new US president who knows what comes of ‘wrong patriotism’
by Rashmee
Posted on January 30, 2021
This, the second weekend since Joe Biden got to the White House, is a good …
Read MoreHungary to get a new university – from China. Here’s why it matters and doesn’t
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2020
Axios said “this isn’t news exactly” because it’s a development from December 2019, …
Read MoreWith the pandemic as priority, countries will have to hold off on defence spending
by Rashmee
Posted on April 21, 2020 / The National
Predictions, as the American baseball player Yogi Berra once said, are hard, especially about the …
Read MoreErdorgan waves his refugees trump card in Europe’s face
by Rashmee
Posted on February 28, 2020
Today (Friday, Feb. 28), Turkey’s president Erdogan has been speaking to US President Donald Trump, …
Read MoreMr Trump’s proposed NATOME will be in the Middle East. That’s as ludicrous as the acronym
by Rashmee
Posted on February 14, 2020
It’s hard to see the rationale for Donald Trump’s call on the NATO alliance to …
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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