Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden’s flowed foreign policy, i.e., its support for Ukraine and Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine, and Trump’s populism have seemingly combined into a force that might bring the former president to the White House. The possibility is no longer distant. As some latest data shows, Biden is already trailing Trump in terms of popularity. Several key states, including Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan have already swung to Trump, which means that Trump could ultimately end up winning with 277 votes…

After a two-year respite, Washington seems to be coming ‘back’ to Afghanistan to primarily sabotage China’s inroads. In the second week of February, China received Afghanistan’s ambassador to China, signalling Beijing’s willingness to recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. In late 2023, China also became the first country to appoint an ambassador to Afghanistan. These developments come against the backdrop of the success of the Taliban in ensuring that anti-China terror groups, i.e., the Islamic State – Khorasan (IS-K) and…

Even after five visits to the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Palestine war on October 7, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has not been able to secure a ceasefire deal that might bring this brutal war to an end. One of the key reasons why the Biden administration is investing diplomatic energy into the ceasefire is that POTUS is now waking up to how his unflinching support for Israel’s brutal killing of Palestinians might cost him in the presidential elections due later this year…