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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Unity for the cameras: Why G7 is the summit of pretenses

The self-proclaimed most powerful alliance in modern history is increasingly united in its rhetoric precisely because it is no longer united in its interests, objectives, and methods.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The US-Iran Deal: Why it Happened and What it Proves

Iran’s greatest strategic success is not defeating the United States or Israel but demonstrating — through a war that ended not in “unconditional surrender” but in a negotiated peace deal — that neither can unilaterally impose a new Middle Eastern order without Iranian consent.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

After Shangri-La: Asia Is No Longer Asking Washington's Permission

At the 23rd Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 held in Singapore and attended by 44 countries, the real story was not the reaffirmation of the US-led Indo-Pacific order but its slow, public unraveling.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Abraham Accords: Why Trump’s “mandatory” deal collapsed

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Operation Epic Loss: Is America Ready for China?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

India-Israel-UAE: An Alliance of Many Anxieties

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Putin's Beijing Stopover and the Alliance Trump Couldn't Crack

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The Contest to Redefine the Middle East

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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