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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

The French Retaliate against the US in the Middle East

Even though the recent meeting between the US and French presidents on the side-lines of G-20 meeting was said to have ‘restored’ the French-US ties after the AUKUS shock, some recent developments have clearly established that the cleavages caused by the AUKUS are too deep for a single meeting to bridge. In fact, the outcome of that meeting, which has begun...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US Build Up in Asia Drives China and Russia Closer Together

While the US-Russia relations have, for historical reasons, always remained uneasy, the US’ recent ‘war on China’ and Washington’s subsequent efforts to bolster its military build up in Asia are directly driving its two strategic competitors into a strategic partnership. In this regard, ways have been suggested...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Washington is Caught Up in the Middle East

Even though the US has been seeking to withdraw from the Middle East to relocate its sources to the Indo-Pacific region to tackle China’s growing influence in Southeast Asia, extricating itself from a region the US has been dominating since the end of the Second World War has proved to be a lot harder than the US policy makers might have expected when they decided to revive...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden-Xi Summit Only Confirms Unending Competition

Salman Rafi Sheikh

COP26: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How the RCEP Could Derail the US Plans in the Indo-Pacific

Salman Rafi Sheikh

IS-K Threat to Afghanistan and the Region

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden’s QUAD Strategy Reaches the Middle East

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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