Coronavirus or not, Europe uses Albania to show it’s business as usual
by Rashmee
Posted on March 25, 2020
The European Union (EU) is trying business as usual, pandemic or not, and it’s using …
Read MoreErdorgan waves his refugees trump card in Europe’s face
by Rashmee
Posted on February 28, 2020
Today (Friday, Feb. 28), Turkey’s president Erdogan has been speaking to US President Donald Trump, …
Read MoreLibya arms embargo is a ‘joke’, said a UN envoy. But it’s peace-making that is a farce
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2020
Now that European foreign ministers have agreed on a new Mediterranean naval mission to enforce …
Read MoreNato is not threatened by Macron’s call for strategic clarity but by the values gap with Turkey
by Rashmee
Posted on January 20, 2020
I’m with Peter Ricketts on NATO. The man who served as the UK’s permanent representative …
Read MoreIt’s going to be a year of ‘conscious uncoupling’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
All bets are off on what lies ahead in 2020 but it probably won’t be …
Read MoreRussia has fair-weather friends and allies in the Middle East
by Rashmee
Posted on November 30, 2019
Former Israeli foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami recently attempted to set everyone right on a crucial …
Read MoreOn Thanksgiving, I give thanks for a thoroughly British thing – the National Health Service
by Rashmee
Posted on November 28, 2019
Really and truly. Family and friends will gather round the turkey and the Vegan Wellington …
Read MoreTrump has threatened sanctions on Turkey if it goes too far but he hasn’t defined too far
by Rashmee
Posted on October 12, 2019
Turkey continues to push into Kurdish territory in Syria and the global criticism is rather …
Read MoreThe Trump effect was underway long before Trump. But now, it is empowered
by Rashmee
Posted on October 4, 2019
Israel, India, Britain…The grim rollcall of countries where long-standing norms of political behaviour are increasingly …
Read MoreWhy politicians around the world are getting on the radical love train
by Rashmee
Posted on July 3, 2019 / The National
Populism of the most hateful sort has had a baleful presence in the headlines for …
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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