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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Salman Rafi Sheikh

New Eastern Outlook

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Gulf on the edge: What Israel Wants in the Middle East

Gulf on the edge: What Israel Wants in the Middle East
10.09.2025 20

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

A Bridge to Influence: Washington's Quiet Return to Central Asia

A Bridge to Influence: Washington's Quiet Return to Central Asia
09.09.2025 50

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

EU-Gulf consensus could pave way to Palestinian state

08.09.2025 60

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Realignment in the Himalayas: What the India-China Thaw Really Means

Realignment in the Himalayas: What the India-China Thaw Really Means
02.09.2025 50

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Trump’s trade doctrine is about ensuring American hegemony

Trump’s trade doctrine is about ensuring American hegemony
27.08.2025 30

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No winners in the US-EU trade deal

20.08.2025 40

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Trump’s make or break moment after the Alaska summit

18.08.2025 50

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The geopolitics of India-US ‘trade war’

10.08.2025 70

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Why EU trade tactics won’t work on Beijing

04.08.2025 30

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What did Trump’s “Africa Summit” achieve?

31.07.2025 40

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Why is Israel attacking Syria to protect the Druze people?

26.07.2025 30

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NATO has little to celebrate, more to worry

22.07.2025 40

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It's a mistake to exclude India from a new South Asian bloc

21.07.2025 70

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Between China & USA: Australia chooses trade over geopolitics

17.07.2025 40

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Can the US establish peace in the Middle East?

11.07.2025 60

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Does the AUKUS have a future?

03.07.2025 30

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Washington’s unprecedented political war on Europe

27.06.2025 20

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How the US caused the Iran-Israel War

17.06.2025 100

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How ASEAN is Reshaping World Order from Below

14.06.2025 30

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Why is Trump “redefining” US ties with the Middle East?

08.06.2025 20

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Europe punching above weight for nothing

01.06.2025 50

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How India-Pak war will affect global and regional political order

24.05.2025 30

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The US-Ukraine deal is more symbolic than substantive

19.05.2025 40

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Trump's tariffs must spur Sri Lanka to deeper regional integration

16.05.2025 20

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Europe’s Security Plans Are Taking it Nowhere

11.05.2025 30

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Trump launches charm offensive on New Delhi

03.05.2025 20

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Why Washington is talking to Iran

26.04.2025 20

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Trump’s trade war will deepen the Chinese footprint in Southeast Asia

20.04.2025 50

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why the US won’t immediately attack Iran

14.04.2025 20

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How China Plans to Defeat Trump’s ‘Global War on Trade’

09.04.2025 10

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Towards Multipolarity: Europe unveils its ‘Re-arm’ programme

03.04.2025 10

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Without a coup, Pakistan's military has grabbed permanent rule

01.04.2025 20

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Southeast Asia’s Fear of America Proving True Under Trump

29.03.2025 20

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Why Trump Wants Ukraine’s Minerals

24.03.2025 30

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Trade War Pushes China Deeper into Africa, the US into Contraction

19.03.2025 20

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Europe’s bid to support Ukraine is merely symbolic

11.03.2025 30

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Sri Lanka's mirage of economic reform

06.03.2025 10

Nikkei Asian Review

Salman Rafi Sheikh

Why Trump Wants to End the (NATO-backed) War on Russia

06.03.2025 30

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USAID and the politics of interventions and manufactured ‘truths’

27.02.2025 30

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Trump’s Dual-faced Iran Gamble Will Backfire

20.02.2025 50

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Afghanistan's neighbors must back the Taliban to counter terror threats

19.02.2025 100

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DeepSeek and the End of American Hegemony

17.02.2025 30

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Trump’s Plan to Cleanse Gaza Will Not Work

10.02.2025 20

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Trump is an opportunity for a China-EU Reset

02.02.2025 30

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Trump’s ‘Make American Expand Again’ Program

27.01.2025 10

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The Coming ‘Transatlantic Trade War’

21.01.2025 10

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Spend More, Expect Little: Trump Offers Taiwan an Uncertain Future

15.01.2025 30

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Emerging Turkey-Israel Competition over the Control of Syria

The eventual exit of the al-Assad regime from Syria more than a decade after the initiation of the Washington-backed “regime change” offensive has...

06.01.2025 40

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Trump vs. BRICS will accelerate De-Dollarization

With the US president-elect Donald Trump threatening to impose 100 per cent tariffs on BRICS countries willing to create and join the BRICS...

28.12.2024 10

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Syrian ‘end-game’ will change the Middle East

The fall of the Assad regime in Syria may have been a geopolitical loss for Iran (and Russia), but the fact that Islamists have overthrown the...

20.12.2024 6

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Salman Rafi Sheikh