Both China and the Gulf have much to offer one another, especially with the Gulf's thirst for big infrastructure projects and China's thirst for carbon.
The murky poll outcome is not conducive to pursuing a robust foreign policy, especially with India. The foreign ministry will need to lean heavily on the military establishment for guidance.
While the US may see India as a potential counterweight to China, Arab Gulf relationships with India — and China, for that matter — are part of a plan to diversify their global partnerships.
The 74-year-old former PM is campaigning across the country, vowing to position Pakistan as an economic powerhouse in Asia ahead of general elections on 8 February.
With the former prime minister in prison and his predecessor having just had a graft conviction quashed, the path seems clear for Nawaz Sharif to swap seats with Imran Khan. A lot is at stake.
The iconic Indian nationalist leader famously said: 'Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense as England belongs to the English and France to the French.'
Damascus and Tehran wanted invading US troops to get stuck in a 'new Vietnam' and set up an operations room headed by their top lieutenants to cause havoc, never-before-published documents show.
Channelling the heavyweights of Russia's past, the current president sees it as his job to "retake" territory he deems to be Russian. It is a fundamental part of who he is.
The pursuit of international legal avenues to hold Israel accountable for its crimes must continue, and Palestinians need to unite behind a shared vision for the future