THE two-week ceasefire brokered by China and Pakistan is a welcome initiative that meets both the immediate need to protect civilians and the necessity, for the global economy, for the resumption of fossil fuel supples.

Two features of the document issued by the two states — and reflecting the conditions imposed by both opinion and necessity on the the United States — is for an end to attacks on civilians, infrastructure and non-military targets.

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