Soaring US bill for operations against Islamic State. Is it worthwhile?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 1, 2014
Eight weeks of the US bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) and the bill is …
Read More9/11 down the arches of the years. Are we any further forward, 13 years on?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 11, 2014
Are we any further forward? Not really as President Obama recently admitted in a roundabout …
Read MoreThe ghoulish story of jihadist advance : Mortals will fail when they play God
by Rashmee
Posted on August 8, 2014
With Iraq‘s largest Christian city all but abandoned on Thursday on account of the …
Read MoreThe Pomegranate Peace: Afghanistan’s anar as a weapon of dissent
by Rashmee
Posted on April 26, 2014
In the second chapter of ‘The Pomegranate Peace’, a female American diplomat starts …
Read MoreThe Pomegranate Peace: Diary of a female US diplomat who wasn’t
by Rashmee
Posted on April 25, 2014
In keeping with the predominantly Afghan theme of the month, here’s the first chapter …
Read MoreApres Americain, le deluge? Iraq’s sincere advice to Afghanistan
by Rashmee
Posted on December 19, 2013
Hamid Karzai is not generally thought to be a man who listens to good advice …
Read MoreThe Anglo-American alliance: Strong even within jihadi circuit?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2013
The Anglo-American alliance continues strongly, even apparently within the ranks of al-Shabab, Somalia’s armed group. …
Read MoreWhat’s the right way to mark 9/11? Remembering less fiercely
by Rashmee
Posted on September 11, 2013
What’s the right way to mark 9/11? Twelve years on? In that grim space …
Read MoreJohn Kerry manages to pull silken security strings in Pakistan
by Rashmee
Posted on August 1, 2013
John Kerry’s first visit to Pakistan as secretary of state. Things are looking, if …
Read MoreObama bin Laden: Anti-Americanism more ‘popular’ than ever
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2013
As John Kerry flags off new Middle East negotiations about negotiations, one has to wonder …
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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