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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Research-analyst of International Relations and Pakistan’s foreign and domestic affairs

Global Competition for Re-making the Middle East

Amongst the issues that Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has exposed is the hollowness of the Western liberal ideas of free speech. That the collective West has no qualms about not waging wars is not a fresh revelation. At least ever since the end of the Second World War, the harbingers of liberalism have waged more wars – and killed more people – than those professing other ideologies and/or practising…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Palestine and the downfall of neoliberal democracy

The colossal level of the West-backed destruction of life in Palestine and the (im)moral and material support the state of Israel has received from the US and its allies in Europe was enough to put serious question marks on the credibility, legitimacy, and acceptability of Western notions of democracy as the ideal form of government that must be universalised…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Will US military funding make any difference in Ukraine?

The US Congress’ passage of the Ukraine military aid bill – which would see the US spending US$ 60 billion to directly or indirectly arm the Ukrainian military to fight Russia – has apparently provided a lot of relief to the anti-Russia elements, both in the West and elsewhere. For months, political elites in the US negotiated this bill, but it remains uncertain whether or not this funding will ultimately make much difference at all…

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Can Biden reset US ties with Turkey?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US-China Ties All Set to Nosedive

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden’s China outreach: Permanent or just a phase?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

From Israel vs Palestine to Biden vs Netanyahu

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why America is a threat to the world

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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