US presidential elections go on so long they’re a crying shame. Literally

by Rashmee

Posted on September 2, 2016


A Boston Globe columnist has been reminding Americans why the presidential election is a crying …

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Win or lose, Trump will disrupt US democracy

by Rashmee

Posted on August 12, 2016 / The National


After 240 years, American democracy is facing a serious challenge. If Donald Trump, the most …

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Trump needn’t worry about ‘rigged’ poll. OSCE is an observer & Putin rather likes them

by Rashmee

Posted on August 6, 2016


Donald Trump has said he worries the November 8 election will be “rigged” against him …

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America’s ambassadors reflect the country? Yes, that fund-raising pays off

by Rashmee

Posted on March 25, 2015


America’s ambassadors reflect the place they come from. In the sense that the US takes …

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Why Sarah Palin, Narendra Modi and Mitt Romney shouldn’t mention dogs

by Rashmee

Posted on January 5, 2015


I thought of Narendra Modi when I read about the row over Sarah Palin’s Facebook …

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Ronald Reagan: Another kind of lame-duck president. Swim not sink

by Rashmee

Posted on November 18, 2014


Like Woodrow Wilson, as Sean Braswell recounts in OZY, Ronald Reagan was a pretty …

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Woodrow Wilson, America’s lame-duck president who wasn’t

by Rashmee

Posted on November 17, 2014


As Sean Braswell recounts in OZY, not all lame-duck periods are alike. Woodrow Wilson …

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Poor America. A lame-duck president is like having older model iPhone

by Rashmee

Posted on November 16, 2014


“History suggests that having a lame-duck president is not unlike having an older-model iPhone,” writes …

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US midterm elections & the three D’s: Dynasty, deja vu, die-hardism

by Rashmee

Posted on November 3, 2014


Funnily enough, tomorrow’s US midterm elections may be all about three D’s: dynasty, deja vu, …

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British agencies take new interest in #Haiti, but not enough

by Rashmee

Posted on June 18, 2013


Two Haiti events in two days – both brought to us by British agencies. It …

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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