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Salman Rafi SheikhNew Eastern Outlook |
Washington’s (and London’s) decision to allow Ukraine to fire their missiles into Russia is a clear escalation, but the timing explains most of...
During his long, contentious, and controversial election campaign, the US president-elect Donald Trump made several promises about his foreign trade...
What will be the strategy of president-elect Donald Trump towards Russia and China, Washington’s two chief competitors? There is a global perception...
The new security pact between the European Union (EU) and Japan indicates a growing role of the combined West in the Asia-Pacific region. The...
The victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential election is far from unexpected. Yet, the fact that he has won means that many countries across the...
Israel’s escalation in Gaza and Lebanon has severely hindered U.S. efforts to expand the Abraham Accords by bringing Saudi Arabia into the fold . ...
The recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, marked a turning point in global geopolitics, emphasizing the bloc’s expanding influence and challenging...
On the 4th of October, when members of the European Union voted in favour of imposing tariffs of up to 45 per cent on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs)...
Israel’s attacks on Lebanon, its killing of the Hezbollah leader, and Iran’s subsequent attacks on Israel most certainly indicate that the war has...
Why are Arab states in the Middle East not doing anything practical to stop Israel’s war on Gaza? The Qatari leader recently blamed Israel for...
When Joe Biden, a key architect of the Obama administration’s “Asia Pivot” policy, became the US president in 2020 and introduced his...
When Biden hosted the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Group (QUAD) from India, Australia, and Japan in the US in 2021, they did not directly...
Even though no NATO country has come under Russian attack, the former has still declared war on Russia. Protracted Conflict Without going...
Despite stating otherwise, the European Union has increasingly turned towards restricting trade relations with China. This is not due simply to...
The ongoing race to capture The White House in the US is significant for many reasons for many different actors. Many in the US are interested in it...
If the core purpose of Washington’s sanctions on Iran was to force a regime change in Tehran and cripple its ability to affect geopolitics in the...
With Joe Biden, all set to exit the White House later this year, his one-term presidency has begun to come under increasing scrutiny to determine his...
The Israeli strike that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh pushed the Middle East a lot closer to a wider war than it was before July 31st. Because...
For the past several years, the Middle East has been China’s key trading hub, not least because of more than 70 per cent of the oil that Beijing...
In popular parlance, the US President Joe Biden is already known as ‘Genocide Biden’ – a title that unmistakably highlights the role Biden has...
Shaped by the existing geopolitical dynamics, the Arctic region is coming under a lot of pressure from global powers. Russia and China, on the one...
Despite Washington’s concerns – and even warnings of consequences – it has not been able to wean New Delhi away from Russia. Instead, India has...
NATO’s plans to establish a foothold in Asia to counter China better is nothing more than a sure recipe for disaster. Coming to Asia and beating war...
European leaders dead worried about the return of Donald Trump to the White House later this year and the possibility of him moving the US away from...
The ongoing upgrades to the US-Japan military cooperation signals new regional developments. In reality, however, this upgrade is a continuation of...
The Saudi decision not to renew the 50-year-old petrodollar system is both a symptom of the gradual erosion of the US-led and US-centred global...
The newly elected Taiwan president recently met lawmakers visiting from the US. Their job was to solidify the US-Taiwan alliance. In this meeting, Lai...
When it comes to estimating the health of China’s economy, including its exports, most Western political and economic pundits tend to look at...
When leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) recently met in Italy to discuss various challenges facing them, the outcome was more rhetoric than action. The...
On May 31, US President Joe Biden made a crucial announcement regarding Israel’s acceptance of a “lasting” ceasefire in Gaza. Later that day,...
Political tensions in Israel, especially those pushing Prime Minister Netanyahu to the corner, are at the heart of Israel’s relentless killing of...
Even though the recently held “Russia-Islamic World” meeting, also known as the “Kazan Forum”, was a big hit with over 20 thousand...
The timing of Biden’s recent tariff hike on Chinese Electric Vehicles (EVs) imported to the US could not have been more impeccable. It was meant to...
France has become the first NATO country to send its troops to Ukraine to fight the Russian military forces. This decision is a NATO decision, i.e., a...
Amongst the issues that Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has exposed is the hollowness of the Western liberal ideas of free speech. That the...
The colossal level of the West-backed destruction of life in Palestine and the (im)moral and material support the state of Israel has received from...
The US Congress’ passage of the Ukraine military aid bill – which would see the US spending US$ 60 billion to directly or indirectly arm the...
US President Joe Biden is all set to host Turkey’s Erdoğan in the White House on the 9th of May. This visit is being seen by many as Biden’s...
Political abandonment of country's largest province only feeds discontent
Country cannot afford confrontational stance with three neighbors at once
Mass repatriation is creating a recruitment opportunity for militant groups