Will Iranian oil shutdown hurt India?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 27, 2019 / First Post
What happens after May 1, when the US waiver for India and other major importers …
Read MoreTurkey’s state of permanent crisis serves Erdogan
by Rashmee
Posted on January 20, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
Nearly three years after the failed coup that triggered a massive crackdown in Turkey, Turkish …
Read MoreAmerica in the Middle East in 2019
by Rashmee
Posted on January 4, 2019
There is every chance America’s half-in half-out posture in the Middle East will create massive …
Read MoreMessage of Syria withdrawal: You can trust America to let you down
by Rashmee
Posted on December 21, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Those who now express outrage, shock and complete surprise at Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw …
Read MoreKhashoggi affair gives Turkey’s elected sultan a PR boost – sort of
by Rashmee
Posted on October 25, 2018
The Jamal Khashoggi case has cast a mildly flattering light on Turkey’s acerbic, authoritarian president …
Read MoreTurkey’s Erdogan loves the Palestinians & some of them love him back
by Rashmee
Posted on September 25, 2018
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is quite the rock star in east Jerusalem. There, as …
Read MoreWhen did the West lose Turkey?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 7, 2018
Today is a good day to talk about Turkey, whose president meets his Iranian and …
Read MoreA world of non-traditional coups and justice dispensed with one eye on politics
by Rashmee
Posted on September 4, 2018
In Pakistan, so some have said, the powerful army decided not to have a conventional …
Read MoreForget Trump for a minute. What was Turkey’s Erdogan up to at NATO summit?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2018
All the attention before, during and after the NATO summit has been focused on Donald …
Read MoreThe French president’s China problem is more common than people think
by Rashmee
Posted on June 15, 2018
Emmanuel Macron has a China problem. But it’s got nothing to do with the country …
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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