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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Troop Withdrawal from Iraq isn’t an ‘American Retreat’

The US president is reportedly in talks with Iraq’s Prime Minister to bring the current level of US troops in Iraq down to the level of 2015. This change will see troop number coming down from the current 5200 to about 3500, indicating a US ‘drawdown’ from Iraq following the Iraqi parliament’s resolution to force all US troops out of the country. While, on...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Implications of Trump’s ‘Snap Back’ Fiasco

Whereas the US did badly loose the ‘snap back sanctions on Iran’ showdown at the UN Security Council, this is not just a foreign policy failure, although it is a major consequence, rooted in the decline of American influence in Europe and elsewhere or its tense relations with both China and Russia. With elections due in few months and Biden’s lead already in double...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Will America Change its Approach to China?

It is not difficult to imagine as to why China is at the heart of the US presidential elections debate. The current US president has been nourishing an anti-China narrative ever since he became the president in 2016, moving from starting a ‘trade war’ with China to making deals and then re-starting the war in the wake of the pandemic, coming finally to the brink...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Did the US Really Play a Role in UAE-Israel Deal?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

New Deal Makes Israel Indispensable to the Arab Middle East

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Crisis in NATO & Turkey’s Mediterranean Adventures

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Turkey: The Political Economy of Hagia Sophia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Iraq’s ‘Pro-US’ Kadhimi Can’t Bring an anti-Iran Shift

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