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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Biden’s New War in Afghanistan

When the US president Joe Biden decided to withdraw the US forces from Afghanistan and delivered his ‘victory speech’, he didn’t sound like a winning commander-in-chief of the world’s supposedly most powerful military force, especially the one that failed to defeat the Taliban (banned in Russia even after 20 years of war. America’s self-perceived and self-nurtured sense of invincibility has been further shattered...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Nord Stream 2 Signals American Decline in Europe

The US ‘decision’ to not stand in the way of Nord Stream 2 is hardly a surprise. While the US officials made their decision to look like a diplomatic victory for them when they said that the US “will not tolerate Russia using energy as a geopolitical weapon in Europe or escalating its aggression against Ukraine”, it remains that the US did not have any leverage to force...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Washington Relocating from the Middle East to Southeast Asia

With Joe Biden being one of the key architects of the Obama administration’s “Asia Pivot”, an increasing focus on Asia – especially, Southeast Asia – was/is inevitable. However, it is not just Biden’s obsession with the region that explains the on-going shift. America’s drastic failure in the Middle East despite decades of military...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The SCO Devises a ‘Regional Approach’ to Afghanistan

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden’s New Russia Sanctions Reverse the ‘Geneva Spirit’

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Saudia-UAE Rivalry Upends ‘Gulf Unity’

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The US Withdrawal Isn’t the End of the War in Afghanistan

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How Different is Biden’s China Strategy from Trump's?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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