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Salman Rafi Sheikh

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

Erdogan Continues to Squeeze Power Into His Hands

Erdogan’s dream to revive Turkey’s ‘lost status’ as the most powerful Muslim country cannot be materialized, he and his advisers seem to believe, without first fundamentally altering Turkey’s own political system and this alteration is, he...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Turkey’s “Safe Zone” Politics is Not Over Yet

While the conflict and conflict resolution in Syria is largely beyond the question of Balkanizing it into “zones”, Turkey’s “Sultan” continues to harp on the need to create “safe zones” in Syria as a means to “protect” refugees. While this is what...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

The U.S. keeps ‘Un-freezing’ Its Relations With Iran

Despite its Gulf allies’ displeasure, the U.S. continues to ‘un-freeze’ its relations with Iran. While it appears to be a clear policy shift vis-à-vis Iran, it seems to have been greatly influenced by the developments taking place in the Middle East than...

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Obama Went On a Mending Mission to Saudi Arabia

Salman Rafi Sheikh

On the Revamped Saudia-Turk Strategic Alliance

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Faсade of Obama’s Politics of Nuclear Summits

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Israel Moves Towards Building an “Energy-Alliance”

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Russian Naval Base at Kuril Islands - a Counter to the ‘Asia Pivot’?

Salman Rafi Sheikh

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