America’s Inflation Reduction Act set off a global clean energy arms race
by Rashmee
Posted on August 18, 2023
One year after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), probably America’s most consequential …
Read More‘Kala Chashma’ and I-pop
by Rashmee
Posted on September 3, 2022
By now, everyone knows the story of ‘Kala Chashma’, the song that emerged from Punjab …
Read MoreAs Paris pact turns five, climate change is the new cold war
by Rashmee
Posted on December 7, 2020
This is the week the Paris Climate Agreement marks its fifth birthday. December 12 is …
Read MoreSouth Korea’s wannabe president wins support for universal basic income plan
by Rashmee
Posted on October 15, 2020
It is a platitude that the pandemic has been a game-changer. It is a banality …
Read MoreThe real American dream was access to education. No longer
by Rashmee
Posted on September 26, 2020
Pandemic or not, it’s hardly likely that Donald Trump will change his publicly stated view …
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 MoreWisconsin and South Korea – a tale of two elections
by Rashmee
Posted on April 17, 2020 / The Focus
April began with a textbook example of how not to hold an election and progressed …
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 MoreCould the Korean Peninsula blow up America’s legendary status as the essential nation?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 3, 2019
As of midnight December 31, 2018, here’s where things stood with respect to the Korean …
Read MoreThe train to peace in the Koreas has left the station, no thanks to Donald Trump
by Rashmee
Posted on December 1, 2018
On November 30, a South Korean train with a sign reading ‘Seoul to Sinuiju’ crossed …
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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