Leaders for life are as creative as novelists. They engage in world-building

by Rashmee

Posted on January 17, 2020


On Wednesday (Jan. 15) Russia’s president Vladimir Putin offered an apparently new tactic of democratic …

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Donald Trump Vs the whole, wide world

by Rashmee

Posted on May 15, 2019


US President Donald Trump is waging war of one sort or the other against: China, …

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What’s a tough guy like Donald Trump to do?

by Rashmee

Posted on May 13, 2019


North Korea, Iran and Venezuela are misbehaving – truly and terribly. Kim Jong Un, Hassan …

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Trump-Pompeo foreign policy ‘swagger’ is a year old & all about spin

by Rashmee

Posted on May 3, 2019


Friday, April 26 marked a year since Mike Pompeo promised to restore the State Department’s …

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Consider how much China matters in the world today

by Rashmee

Posted on March 15, 2019


If in doubt about how much China matters in world affairs today, just consider two …

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At one stroke Trump made a Libya of Venezuela

by Rashmee

Posted on February 4, 2019


The first thing to say about Donald Trump’s recognition of Venezuela’s opposition leader as president …

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Turning Venezuela into a Libya-on-the Caribbean

by Rashmee

Posted on February 3, 2019 / The Arab Weekly


At one stroke Donald Trump’s America has made a Libya out of Venezuela. It is …

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Trump insists on democracy only in left-ruled countries like Venezuela

by Rashmee

Posted on August 12, 2017


So President Donald Trump is threatening a military option for Venezuela. He’s so concerned that …

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In death, #Mandela comes to life in #Haiti – on tap taps, as a road sign

by Rashmee

Posted on January 14, 2014


In death, Nelson Mandela has come startlingly alive in all sorts of ways and in …

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Omens, opacity as #Snowden seeks to navigate airport tannoy,intl law

by Rashmee

Posted on July 12, 2013


This video says it all. Noticeably thinner and in an undistinguished grey shirt, flanked by …

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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