The Makkah Pact: Pakistan’s Strategic Hedge and the New Geometry of West Asian Security
Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan have created a new security framework. Its significance, however, will depend less on the language of collective defence than on whether the three states can reconcile very different strategic interests. (By Khalid Masood) When Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin…