The 2023 election calendar has some big ones

by Rashmee

Posted on January 5, 2023


New year, new election cycles with 2023 seeing five key races: Nigeria, Turkey, Pakistan, Thailand …

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Back to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells us

by Rashmee

Posted on August 18, 2022 / open Democracy


Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to …

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At 75, India and Pakistan look more and more like each other

by Rashmee

Posted on August 12, 2022 / open Democracy


In 75 years as independent countries, India and Pakistan have become more alike than seemed …

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South Asia is mostly bad news…and then there’s Afghanistan

by Rashmee

Posted on April 5, 2022


Sri Lanka is in turmoil. Pakistan is in a political flux. India is stepping proud …

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Are the Taliban really in charge?

by Rashmee

Posted on August 30, 2021


Tomorrow is the first day the Taliban will be in sole charge of Afghanistan. But …

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Pakistan…Palestine: Sacred vs secular spaces in ummah politics

by Rashmee

Posted on August 29, 2020


Does the “Arab street” still exist? I mean in the sense of the broad swath …

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If you doubted there’s no globocop any more, read this

by Rashmee

Posted on August 11, 2019


No one’s paying any particular attention to what the US says or thinks about anything …

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Why you need more than just a name in modern politics

by Rashmee

Posted on July 9, 2019 / The National


This month has already seen a spotlight shine on the rise — and fall — …

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A new era of pragmatic foreign policy appears to be emerging in Modi’s India 2.0

by Rashmee

Posted on June 11, 2019 / The National


How will Narendra Modi’s India deal with the world now? Differently from his first term …

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Will Iranian oil shutdown hurt India?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 27, 2019 / First Post


What happens after May 1, when the US waiver for India and other major importers …

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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