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Understanding the Iran-Pakistan Standoff and Its Futility

When already faced with sanctions and in the midst of proxy wars on multiple fronts, why would Tehran decide to irk a neighboring Islamic country with which it shares a 900 km border and which has perhaps superior military strength? “Missiles rain down on the headquarters of Mossad” A glance at the headline of the state-aligned paper Tehran Times on January 16, 2024, alludes to what the Iranian leadership could have been thinking.

China’s Approach to Palestine and the Future of the Global Order

Read: China's Middle East Diplomacy: Multipolar World Order in the Making?Shortly after President Xi's return from San Francisco, where APEC was held, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced that a delegation including Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha would visit China on November 20-21 as the first stop of global mediation talks.