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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

A Stronger Russia Humiliates the West

When Russia was arbitrarily excluded from the ‘Group of eight’ (G8) in 2014, many in the West saw this as a step toward a more cohesive western bloc – the so-called G7 – that could collectively – and effectively – counter Russia through a homogenous response combining economic and military means. The response the West gave to Russia’s military...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

BRICS Challenges the ‘G7 Vision’ of the World

If the Russia-Ukraine war has seemingly ‘united’ Europe and the US at a time when Europe seemed to be weaning away from NATO to establish ‘European autonomy’, this war has also led to multinational alliance configuration elsewhere as well – an alliance that supports altering the west-centric international system. Its major manifestation came through the recently held...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Will G7’s ‘New’ Anti-China Plan Work?

Two recent events involving leading western powers confirmed, yet again, the establishment – and expansion – of a global anti-China alliance. The 2022 NATO summit – especially the participation of the leaders of Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and Australia – was meant to push the US agenda of globalising NATO. This is a US agenda first and foremost because many...

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Russia-China Ties Defy Western Predictions for an Alternative World

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How the GCC is Benefitting from the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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US Officially Makes Israel the New Middle Eastern Hegemon

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The West’s War in Ukraine is a War against Russia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why’s Joe Biden on a Mission to Court Mohammad bin Salman?

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