Could Rohingya crisis set off faith-based conflicts in South Asia? That’s what Bimal Ghosh fears
by Rashmee
Posted on September 19, 2017
Only the short-sighted or the credulous would be persuaded by Aung San Suu Kyi’s extraordinary …
Read MoreUK PM’s antidote to globalisation? An international jobs scheme in Ethiopia
by Rashmee
Posted on October 1, 2016
The British prime minister has spoken up on behalf of “too many of those men …
Read MoreBrexit I to Brexit II? The UK out of UNSC ? It depends on who you ask
by Rashmee
Posted on September 17, 2016
In Bratislava on Friday (September 16), there were, as The Economist said, “forced smiles” all …
Read MoreHumanity vs Impunity. Will the UN now compensate Haiti’s cholera victims?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 20, 2016
I was in Haiti in February 2013, when the United Nations took the unusual decision …
Read MoreHillary is stuck in a bad news loop that’s feeding voraciously off itself
by Rashmee
Posted on September 20, 2015
Here’s the news about Hillary Clinton. (P.S.: You knew it already. It’s not really news.)…
Read MoreNepal & Haiti were once part of different community of sorrow: cholera
by Rashmee
Posted on April 28, 2015
Till Saturday’s earthquake, the only time the words “Haiti” and “Nepal” appeared in one sentence, …
Read MoreThe Nobel at last. With every foreign plaudit, Malala more suspect in Pakistan
by Rashmee
Posted on October 10, 2014
Reprising somewhat a blog from this time last year, but highly relevant this Nobel …
Read MoreNorth Korea: A reality as profoundly troubling as in ‘The Orphan Master’s Son’?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 18, 2014
The new, 372-page United Nations’ report on the North Korean state’s Nazi-era brutality to its …
Read MoreUN peacekeeping: Poor men’s wars fought by the very poorest people?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 12, 2013
It’s best to read Transparency International UK’s new report alleging corruption in UN peacekeeping, alongside …
Read MoreDrones and UN peacekeeping?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 16, 2013
The excellent Baobab offers prescient insight into the way things might change in the United …
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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