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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

How Washington is Turning the Pacific into a New Theatre of NATO’s Conflict

In April, at a press conference in Poland, the US Secretary of Defence Austin Lloyd openly declared that the core US objective in the Russia-Ukraine conflict was/is to weaken Russia militarily in ways to make its recovery difficult if not impossible for a long time. Austin said, “we want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What Turkey Tries to Achieve by Opposing NATO's Expansion

Internal divisions in NATO are not a new phenomenon, with tensions between Turkey, due to its ties with Moscow, and the US and the rest of NATO being its primary manifestation. Turkey’s recent objections to NATO’s expansion by including two Nordic states of Sweden and Finland reveals, yet again, that the organisation is far from a house united...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden Promises Conflict and Elusive Developments in his Asia Visit

In his maiden tour to Asia as the US President, Joe Biden announced that the US will “defend” Taiwan if China attacked. The announcement, while very significant, signals a concerted US attempt to up the ante against China at a time when Washington is already fighting a war against Russia in Ukraine. This announcement, thus, signals how...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US-ASEAN Summit Leaves Washington Empty-handed

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why is a New War Coming to Afghanistan?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why is Israel Helping the US against Russia Now?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Geopolitics of NATO’s Expansion

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How Selling the ‘Russia-China’ Threat Serves the US

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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