Countries, nations and states. Where does Palestine fit in?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 22, 2022
Going by American anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s definition, Ukraine is a nation, a state, a country, …
Read MoreThree recent conversations about Putin and ‘the end times’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 8, 2022
It’s been a few hours since I properly realised just how frightened people are that …
Read MoreHuman beings think and feel, which is as it should be
by Rashmee
Posted on March 7, 2022
Some years ago, Nigel Nicholson, a professor of organizational behavior at London Business School, …
Read MoreThe world is too much with us. How not to deal with it
by Rashmee
Posted on March 6, 2022
The Unabomber way of dealing (or rather not dealing) with the world never helped anyone. …
Read MoreCan you become a refugee…from the world?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 5, 2022
The unrelenting horror of current events – with a big country inflicting enormous suffering on …
Read MoreAfter Ukraine, Russian boardrooms are hit by a moral wave of resignations
by Rashmee
Posted on February 27, 2022
I recently wrote a piece on ethics and business. Are they incompatible? Is moral …
Read MoreMaking Russia greater than ever by hook or by nuke?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2022
It stands to reason that Paul Rogers, a professor of peace studies, is well able …
Read MoreEurope’s ‘almost-consensus’ moment on Russia and Ukraine speaks volumes. For shame
by Rashmee
Posted on February 25, 2022
Early on Friday, February 25, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, Donald Tusk, a …
Read MoreKuwait got it; will Ukraine? (Hint: international help)
by Rashmee
Posted on February 24, 2022
On August 2, 1990, Iraq invaded its neighbour Kuwait, occupied it for seven months and …
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 …
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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