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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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