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 …
Read MoreBack 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 …
Read MoreAt 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 …
Read MoreSouth 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 …
Read MoreAre 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 …
Read MorePakistan…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 …
Read MoreIf 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 …
Read MoreWhy 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 — …
Read MoreA 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 …
Read MoreWill 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