Salman Rafi Sheikh, Author at Foreign Policy Journal

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Salman Rafi Sheikh is a research analyst of International Relations and Pakistan Affairs. His area of interest is South and West Asian Politics, Foreign Policies of Major Powers, and Politics of Pakistan. Contact him at salmanrafisheikh@hotmail.com.

Understanding the Political Turmoil in Turkey

Posted by Salman Rafi Sheikh | Jun 29, 2013 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis |

A wave of political discontentment is spreading fast, and the Taksim square is being heralded as Turkey’s “Tahrir” square. Comparisons are being made between them and questions are being raised about Turkey’s future under the incumbent conservative government.

The Western slogan of ‘Terrorism’ in Mali: Facade and Reality

Posted by Salman Rafi Sheikh | Jun 10, 2013 | Africa, Europe, News & Analysis, US |

The French-led Western intervention in Mali, which was (is) being justified in the name of fighting the ‘Islamic fundamentalists’, displays a usual pattern of direct and indirect Western interventions in different countries since the end of the second World War.

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