UN’s impotence on Ukraine underlines the need for real decolonisation – of the international architecture
by Rashmee
Posted on November 23, 2022
The Pope’s description of Ukrainians as suffering from the “martyrdom of aggression” has come into …
Read MoreWhy the United Nations has been reduced to a technical support role
by Rashmee
Posted on September 26, 2022
There’s lots to say about the excellent interview that Quartz did with former UN deputy …
Read MoreWhy parse world’s reaction? To get the truth, not what you wish were the truth
by Rashmee
Posted on March 14, 2022
On the very day that Ethiopia was flying the flag for Russia so to speak, …
Read MoreThe pandemic has hit Palestinians harder because of the health apartheid
by Rashmee
Posted on January 25, 2021
On Sunday, January 24, Israel’s health minister Yuli Edelstein went on British television and disavowed …
Read MoreDonald Trump’s America is trying to gaslight the world – without much success
by Rashmee
Posted on August 17, 2020
On August 14, the Trump administration’s attempt to indefinitely extend a UN arms embargo on …
Read MoreUnited Nations struggles in a leaderless world
by Rashmee
Posted on April 12, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
Tunisia, which has a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, put forward a resolution …
Read MoreIs the world going to notice the Chinese army a lot more in the future?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 21, 2019
Is the world going to notice the Chinese army a lot more? Yes, according to …
Read MoreJapan rises on the world stage as a force – for good
by Rashmee
Posted on April 19, 2019
Today, April 19, Japan sends two senior members of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Egypt.…
Read MoreWhy not just say the ‘African country XX’ rather than ‘sub-Saharan’?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 9, 2019
The other day I Googled the phrase “sub-Saharan Africa” as it appeared in the news …
Read MoreNearly half of North Korea’s population needs humanitarian aid. But the missile programme goes on
by Rashmee
Posted on March 8, 2019
How do we know North Korea had its worst food harvest in more than a …
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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