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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Will the US Really Withdraw its Military Assets from Afghanistan?

While the Joe Biden administration has confirmed a US withdrawal from Afghanistan with or without a political settlement between Kabul and the Taliban, the story that has started to unfold following Biden’s announcement shows that withdrawal isn’t after all going to be a straightforward pull out of all military resources currently deployed...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How the US is Creating Trouble Around Russia

When the US president Joe Biden delivered his first major foreign policy speech in February, he signalled America’s return to an interventionist and confrontationist policy design, one that thrives on creating troubles for its competitors. Accordingly, whereas we see the US continues to blame the Chinese authorities for carrying out a “genocide” in Xinjiang – which is a major...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How China Aims to Navigate the Complex Middle East

While China has already made its mark in the Middle East and is already outsmarting the US, the recently signed China-Iran pact is perhaps the biggest economic venture China has made in the Middle East so far. However, while China does have big ambitions with respects to its economic engagement with countries in West Asia, Middle East remains...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How a US-led Un-Holly Alliance is Preventing Syria’s Normalisation

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why is the US Involving Turkey in Afghanistan?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How the Middle East States are Bringing their Rivalries to Africa

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The So-Called ‘Cold War 2.0’ Isn’t about Nuclear Weapons & Missiles

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How China is Going to Reshape Asia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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