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Jin Liangxiang
Senior Research Fellow, Shanghai Institute of Int'l Studies
A year ago, Chinese mediation led to a stunning rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Despite significant progress, there is much more that can be done.
Although the U.S. has rallied countries to fight the Houthis under the guise of bringing security to commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea, its actual motivations go much further.