Putin’s naglost on Ukraine is a feature, not a bug
by Rashmee
Posted on November 25, 2022
Facing reverses on the battlefield, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is doing his worst, targeting Ukrainian …
Read MoreRealism about Russia, great powers and greater self-interest
by Rashmee
Posted on April 1, 2022
India and China are proving the US president wrong. Joe Biden says Russia is “isolated …
Read MoreFor Russia, it’s all alt…even its tsar
by Rashmee
Posted on February 22, 2022
Russia is now in an alternate universe. It has an alt foreign policy that refuses …
Read MoreXi and Putin grin and bare it and grin and bear it
by Rashmee
Posted on February 4, 2022
It’s been two years since China’s President Xi Jinping met a world leader in person. …
Read MoreKeeping up appearances: Putin leads Russia to tactical wins
by Rashmee
Posted on June 29, 2020 / The Focus
Russia’s week-long vote on constitutional changes is expected to end in a predictable manner on …
Read MoreTrump eviscerates G7 - and America’s leadership
by Rashmee
Posted on May 31, 2020 / The Focus
Donald Trump wants to turn the G7 group of advanced economies into the ‘G10 or …
Read MoreIn Syria, history is repeating itself
by Rashmee
Posted on October 27, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
What will be deemed normal in the Turkish-annexed part of Syria is likely to be …
Read MoreA series of disputed elections show the myriad ways in which democracy’s rules are being warped
by Rashmee
Posted on January 16, 2019 / The National
From the DRC to Bangladesh and Russia, the manipulation of election outcomes is a worrying …
Read MoreThe G20 meets, a shadow of itself, the smell of death upon it
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2018
Today (Friday, November 30), the G20 summit convenes, 10 years after its debut as a …
Read MoreThe glue that joins Russia and the Middle East in dreadful dependence
by Rashmee
Posted on October 30, 2017
What is Russia up to in the Middle East? On the one hand it seemed …
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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