‘Dear Rishi’. The code words of British politics

by Rashmee

Posted on February 28, 2023


It’s astonishing how many cliches, code words, jargon and sporty phrases are being used for …

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#Sofagate: Even at the highest levels of power, women face sexism

by Rashmee

Posted on April 13, 2021 / The National


There is a startling pattern to the stories told by women in public life. They …

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Ankara chairs and the business of ‘protocol machismo’

by Rashmee

Posted on April 8, 2021


/IT’S THE BUSINESS Heard the one about European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and …

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The US and EU are competing to play peacemaker in the Balkans

by Rashmee

Posted on June 30, 2020 / The National


The Serbia-Kosovo dispute is back in the news more than two decades after the war …

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With the pandemic as priority, countries will have to hold off on defence spending

by Rashmee

Posted on April 21, 2020 / The National


Predictions, as the American baseball player Yogi Berra once said, are hard, especially about the …

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The great game…in Africa

by Rashmee

Posted on February 10, 2020


Europe is fighting hard to be relevant to Africa, its nearest continental neighbour. Today (Feb. …

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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