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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

On the China-GCC Free Trade Agreement

Given how the US withdrawal from the Middle East has impacted Washington’s ties with the Gulf countries, an opportunity certainly exists for the latter to pursue their ties with Beijing more freely than was the earlier the case. There is, in fact, already signs that China and the Gulf may well be taking concrete steps towards the China-Gulf Coopertaion Council...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US Needs Fear of Russia to Keep Europe under Control

If NATO were to become irrelevant, the US would lose its influence on Europe. If Europe were to become an independent player in world politics, it will effectively defeat the US plan to prevent the systemic shift to multipolarity. Preventing both of these eventualities requires, from Washington’s perspective, a constant external threat to Europe that it cannot tackle on its own...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US Military: a Civilian Killing Machine

On August 29, 2021 when the US launched an air strike in Kabul supposedly on an ISIS hideout, it killed 10 innocent civilians. Victims included Zemari Ahmadi, who worked for a US-based aid organisation, and nine members of his family, including seven children. While the US officials back then were quick to affirm that the strike followed “solid intelligence...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Erdogan Works Up a Plan to Mend Ties with the US/EU

Salman Rafi Sheikh

UAE Can’t Hide its War on Yemen behind Finehearted Conversations

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Biden Administration Heats Up the South China Sea

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Turkey Eyes a Major Role in Africa through Arms Deals

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why is the US Stirring Up Tibet as an ‘Issue’?

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