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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Desert Duel: Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s Struggle for Gulf Supremacy

For years, Saudi Arabia and the UAE appeared as twin pillars of a new Arab order—coordinating in Yemen, aligning against Islamists, and projecting confidence from the Gulf to the Horn of Africa. Today, that façade is cracking.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

The ongoing joint US–Israel assault on Iran is not just another chapter in the endless Middle East cycle of violence; it’s the climax of a long-standing project: dismantling the Iranian regime not merely as a nuclear threat but as a political and social entity. The objective is to bomb Iran and its people into a perennial struggle for survival so deep that no anti-US and anti-Israel political dispensation can emerge.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check

The United States is again talking to Iran. That simple fact, coming after months of threats, sanctions, and even joint military action with Israel, says more about the limits of Washington’s “maximum pressure” strategy than any official statement.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What can the “middle powers” do?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

How India Is Hedging in a Fragmented Global Order

Salman Rafi Sheikh

America’s Self-Defeating National Defense Strategy

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What the collapse of the world order means for Asia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Trump’s “America First” ends NATO

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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