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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

How India Is Hedging in a Fragmented Global Order

India’s recent diplomatic choreography has been misread as a geopolitical conversion: first a landmark trade agreement with the European Union, and now a headline-grabbing “deal” with the United States that reportedly includes an end to Russian oil purchases. But this narrative of a decisive turn to the West oversimplifies New Delhi’s strategy.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

America’s Self-Defeating National Defense Strategy

The 2026 US National Defense Strategy (NDS) claims to chart a path toward a “new golden age of America” through renewed strength.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

What the collapse of the world order means for Asia

The collapse of the global order will not begin with a war in Asia but with the realization that rules no longer bind the strong and alliances no longer oblige the powerful. At Davos, European and Canadian leaders did not merely criticize US policy; they questioned the durability of the postwar system itself.

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Trump’s “America First” ends NATO

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Patterns of Force: The Middle East on the Brink

Salman Rafi Sheikh

‘America First’ is the Dawn of New American Imperialism

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Washington Is Betting on Latin America’s New Right

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Venezuela Regime Change Will Bite America in the Long Run

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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