Once upon a time there were black swans - now there are gray rhinos and the pandemic is one of them

by Rashmee

Posted on July 2, 2020 / The Focus


Once upon a time there were black swans. Now, there are gray rhinos. Nassim Nicholas …

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Is it just me or is President Obama becoming linguistically sloppy?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 16, 2016


This might sound like an odd question. After all Barack Obama is the man who …

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America’s ambassadors reflect the country? Yes, that fund-raising pays off

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2015


America’s ambassadors reflect the place they come from. In the sense that the US takes …

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Is this the year North Korea’s Kim Jong Un finally meets another leader?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 19, 2015


“Is this the year that Kim Jong Un finally meets another leader?” asks The Washington …

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A ‘lean back’ chair for President Obama

by Rashmee

Posted on January 30, 2013


You’ve got to hand it to foreign policy wonks. They’re able to mint new doctrines …

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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