New Eastern Outlook

EN|FR|RU

Follow us on:

New Eastern Outlook

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

With an Eye on China, the US Un-sanctions Nord Stream 2

When the US president Joe Biden recently waived sanctions on the company overseeing the Nord Stream 2 project, it came as a surprise to many. The decision was largely seen as the Biden administration’s way to ‘normalise’ US ties with Germany after their bi-lateral relations having been very consistently torpedoed by the Trump administration. But the question...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Joe Biden Wouldn’t Change the US-Israel Ties

Despite the fact that it took Joe Biden a few weeks to call the prime minister of the largest recipient of the US military aid, Israel, it remains that the US state remains committed to its policy of protecting, aiding and financing the Israeli state in the Middle East. Yet, the fact that Biden took more than a month to call presents a stark contrast to the way Donald Trump took only two days...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The US Prepares for a ‘New Age of Conflict’ with China

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger recently warned that the current state of US-China relations carries seeds of a new age of ‘cold war.’ This assessment not only builds upon a series of episodes of confrontation that occurred in past years (since 2016, but also forewarns more confrontation. Also, Kissinger’s assessment illustrates how the Joe Biden administration...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why is Saudia Talking to Iran?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Turkey Reapproaches Egypt and Saudi Arabia?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

US-led G7 Up Against Russia and China

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Biden Wants a Pliable Turkey: Will his Strategy Work?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

On the Middle East’s New “Strategic Axis”

Salman Rafi Sheikh

< 1 … 44 45 46 47 48 … 104 >