Geopolitics

China and 20 Global South nations that include Indonesia, Pakistan, Algeria, and Serbia, will launch the "International Organization for Mediation" (IOM) this Friday. It's a treaty-based body that aims to peacefully resolve international disputes, positioning itself as a direct alternative to the West-dominated International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The core contrast is philosophical: Where the ICJ delivers binding legal verdicts that assign winners and losers, the IOM will pursue face-saving "win-win" resolutions that preserve relationships. This model mirrors China’s successful mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia where restoring diplomatic ties mattered more than assigning blame.

The move strategically challenges Western institutional monopoly. For developing nations, the IOM offers a pathway to settle conflicts without navigating systems designed by and for Western powers. Its emergence also signals a broader decline of existing institutions that fail the Global South leading to formation of new ones to fill the void.

By refusing to reform post-1945 institutions to reflect today’s multipolar reality, the West has accelerated its own irrelevance and empowered alternatives built on collaboration over confrontation.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30273934

All eyes were on US President Donald Trump last week during his tour of the Gulf Arab states, with many hoping that his trip would speed up Gaza ceasefire talks and bring a permanent truce in the war-torn enclave. While the ceasefire is still out of reach, the trip proved to be one of Trump’s most lucrative business journeys ever.

Trump’s first major overseas trip in his second presidential term started on Tuesday, May 13 and ended on Friday, May 16, during which he visited three Gulf oil-producing countries, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Dr. Saeed Dhiyab the General-Secretary of the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party (Wihda Party) criticized the heads of the Gulf Arab countries, who hosted Trump, noting “they did not succeed in doing the minimum to meet the national interests of Arab people,” during his visit.