India-Canada row: Sweden’s Kurds and the Khalistanis of Canada

by Rashmee

Posted on September 26, 2023


Until Tuesday, September 26, the closest parallel to the India-Canada spat may have been Turkey-Sweden. …

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History couples well with journalism, except when it doesn’t. See Washington Post on Turkey quake – II

by Rashmee

Posted on February 12, 2023


The Washington Post’s February 7 deep dive into the massive earthquake that hit Turkey and …

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History couples well with journalism, except when it doesn’t. See Washington Post on Turkey quake – I

by Rashmee

Posted on February 10, 2023


One of the modules I currently teach is History and Journalism. The basic premise is …

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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 …

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How Erdogan’s faux-religious economic scruples matter to Nutella-lovers

by Rashmee

Posted on December 22, 2021


Turkey produces most of the world’s hazelnuts – 70 per cent, to be precise – …

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Belarus is weaponizing human beings. For years, Europe has done the same, in reverse

by Rashmee

Posted on November 14, 2021


Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was spot on when he said that the border crisis…

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There may be room for experienced optimists yet in the Middle East

by Rashmee

Posted on March 9, 2021


/ POLITICS & AMERICA A former Israeli prime minister once said that in the Middle …

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A presidential son-in-law steps down

by Rashmee

Posted on November 10, 2020


When Berat Albayrak resigned as Turkey’s finance minister it wasn’t immediately clear if his father-in-law, …

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Democracy’s defence lies in the hands of those who practice it. We, the people.

by Rashmee

Posted on September 25, 2020


It’s a familiar dirge. Democracy is in decline. With every month that passes, the world …

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The Zagreb Declaration shows up Europe’s ambiguity on Muslim-majority Albania

by Rashmee

Posted on May 8, 2020


The countries of the Western Balkans “belong in the European Union”, Commission President Ursula von …

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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