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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

How China's RCEP Undermines the ‘Asia Pivot 2.0’

Even though the Biden administration, following in the footsteps of the Trump administration, has been seeking to build a global anti-China coalition even since coming into power, its efforts in the Indo-Pacific region continue to fail to produce enough support for the US-led ‘war’ against China. To a large extent, a key reason for this failure...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why the US Cannot Force China Out of the Middle East

The China-Middle East relations have grown multi-dimensional to the extent that Washington’s persistent efforts to unplug them have fell on deaf ears in Abu Dhabi and beyond. At the same time, Washington’s own troubles with other Middle East states, such as Saudi Arabia, have directly allowed China to expand its ties beyond economic cooperation, trade and investment...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

UAE Embraces Beijing by Scraping F-35 Deal with the US

A major blow has been inflicted to the US standing and influence in the Middle East by the UAE that is scraping the F-35 deal with Washington. This decision comes on the back of some stubborn US efforts to dissuade the UAE from acquiring the Chinese 5G expertise. The US has been doing everything it could to force Abu Dhabi into sacrificing its relations...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Geopolitics Surrounding Nord Stream 2

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Western Expansionism Turns Russia-China to a Strategic Partnership

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Democracy Summit: Joe Biden Draws a New ‘Iron Curtain’ on China and Russia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

UAE Charts a Path to Regional Leadership

Salman Rafi Sheikh

NATO’s Indo-Pacific Expansion to Tackle China

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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