Kuala Lampur, April 11 --  

APRIL 11 - Washington's ongoing negotiations between the United States and Iran, now convened in Pakistan, were never meant to be easy.

Yet what is increasingly evident is that the April 20 deadline is not just ambitious - it is almost certain to be overshot.

The reason is simple but profound: war may destroy in weeks, but peace must reconstruct what has been broken across multiple domains simultaneously.

At stake is not merely a ceasefire between two adversaries. The negotiations must grapple with a dense web of interlocking issues - sanctions, military de-escalation, regional proxy conflicts, and above all the security of the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most vital energy chokepoint.

When such...