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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Peace in Afghanistan is No Longer ‘Made in the US’

Even though the US fought the war in Afghanistan for twenty years and it decided to withdraw after signing a deal with the Taliban (banned in Russia), the end of the war and the US withdrawal has not automatically transitioned into ‘peace.’ The US’ utterly chaotic and irresponsible withdrawal from Afghanistan and the consequent resurgence of the IS-K (terrorist organization...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

CIA has a New ‘China Mission’

Even though officials in the Biden administration, including Biden himself, continue to emphasise that the purpose of their renewed engagement with Southeast Asia/ASEAN is not containment of China, Washington’s drive to reinvent the QUAD, as well as the recently signed AUKUS treaty that could nuclearize the Indo-Pacific, is only a series of steps that it has taken in the past few months to confront...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Iran Nuclear Saga: US-Israel Hammer Out a “Plan B”

Even though the presidential candidate Joe Biden had vowed to “move quickly” to re-join the Iran nuclear deal, this has not happened. The Biden administration’s deliberate strategy to kill the previous deal by following the framework of talks it inherited from the Trump administration has contributed massively to the present deadlock, leading the US and Israel...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Won't Joe Biden Withdraw from Syria?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Disappointed by Biden, Turkey Eyes Closer Ties with Russia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

NATO Crisis and the Making of European Defense Force

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US Defeated Itself in Afghanistan

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The US Indo-Pacific Strategy Displaces ASEAN

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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