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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Here is How China-US Trade War Impacts Iran

In the last week of August, China added crude oil imports from the US to its tariff list for the first time in a retaliatory decision against the US decision to impose fresh tariffs on Chinese products. China imports about 6 per cent of its crude oil from the US. For an economy that increasingly relies on crude oil imports, this decision carries a lot of significance. While China is also...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Will Bolton’s Exit Cause a Change in the US Foreign Policy?

Although not strictly a foreign affairs minister, John Bolton’s exit from the White House might leave a significant impact on the US foreign policy, for the US foreign policy is typically deeply intertwined with the question of US ‘national security’ and it is the name of ‘national...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Putin Offers Erdogan Ice Cream and 5th Generation Jets

Despite possible differences existing between Turkey and Russia over Idlib - differences that result from somewhat diverging ways of handling the last major bastion of jihadi stronghold in Syria - the fact that both countries continue to engage diplomatically and enhance the scope...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

G7: Caught in the Self-created Whirlwind

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How Idlib is Turkey’s Achilles Heel

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Roots of Chaos in Hong Kong were Planted in Washington

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Turkey & the US: Far from Allies in Syria

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Desperation Rules Washington's Policy on Iran

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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