Salman Rafi Sheikh
The US is Alone in its ‘Trade War’ on China
With everyday passing, it is becoming clear that the US-China trade deal will eventually unravel, paving the way for a long-term standoff, even if not a full-fledged ‘cold war’, between the two super powers. As recent remarks made by the US National Security Advisor (NSA, Robert O’Brien, showed, the US is planning ‘more steps’ to ‘correct’ its relations...
Through Libya, Turkey eyes a Neo-Ottoman Era Dominance
With tectonic changes, reflected largely through a massive decline in Saudi influence, taking place within the ‘Muslim world’, a potent struggle for new dominance has already begun. The symbolic and actual battlefield is Libya, gateway to a big part of the Muslim world in Africa. While a number of countries---Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Russia, France---are involved directly...
While ‘Fighting Terror’, the US Hides Its Own Terrorism
While the US war in Afghanistan is reaching its end after almost two decades of fighting, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the US ‘war on terror’, while it fought the Taliban, did produce its own peculiar form of terrorism in the shape of war crimes and virtually unaccountable use of force on hundreds and thousands of innocent Afghan citizens. Countless...
