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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Ankara's Bargain: Why Trump's F-35 Gambit Is Bigger Than a Plane

Donald Trump has just offered Recep Tayyip Erdoğan a stealth fighter jet that Israel doesn’t want him to have, Congress hasn’t cleared him to sell, and Gulf capitals are already using it as leverage against Washington itself.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Berlin, Not Brussels: Why Germany Will Decide If the EU-China "Reset" Means Anything

Brussels can set all the deadlines it wants, but Beijing has already figured out that Germany, not the European Commission, holds the pen on Europe’s China policy.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Can the US rebuild ties with the Middle East?

The deal America signed to end the war with Iran may do more to entrench Chinese power in the Middle East than any agreement Beijing could have negotiated for itself.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Washington’s new Pacific Strategy has no “Indo” in it

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Unity for the cameras: Why G7 is the summit of pretenses

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The US-Iran Deal: Why it Happened and What it Proves

Salman Rafi Sheikh

After Shangri-La: Asia Is No Longer Asking Washington's Permission

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Abraham Accords: Why Trump’s “mandatory” deal collapsed

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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