Pakistan
Neo-Dhimmitude Prompts Eight Decades of Erasure
The Houthis Have Announced a Maritime Blockade Against Saudi Arabia and Attacked Saudi-Linked Oil Tankers
While Al Qaeda Leader Osama Bin Laden Is Dead, the Ideology He Nurtured and Cultivated Is Alive and Well
Kuwait’s Defense Ties with India’s Enemies Make a Long-Term Strategic Partnership Challenging
Pakistan Actively Courts Gulf Arab Investment and Enters Defense Frameworks, but Avoids Regional Proxy Conflicts
The Apparent Boost to Pakistan’s Conventional Military Capabilities Appears Significant After the Signing of the Mecca Pact
Among Diplomats and Analysts, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar’s Double Game Is Well-Known
The Agreement Is Likely to Invite More Islamic Countries and Intensify the Arms Race in the Middle East
Sami Al-Arian Says a Senior Turkish Official Once Described Closer Alignment With Iran and Pakistan as Ankara’s ‘Grand Strategy’
Membership in the Alliance Now Would Be Largely Cosmetic, While Affirming Damascus’s Subordination to Other Members
Islamabad Has Practiced the Discipline of Staying Useful to Multiple Sides Without Committing Fully to Them
Internal Upheavals and Rivalries Have Dismantled Formal Regional Alliances in the Middle East
A Pullback in U.S. Soft Power Coincides with China’s Expanding Influence and Investment in the Region
Jerusalem, and Islamic Claims There, Are Likely to Form the Symbolic Element That Knits the Emergent Group Together
An Increasing Number of Non-NATO Allies Flirt With, If Not Tilt Toward, Beijing
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey Aren’t Going to Go to War for Each Other; They Want to Show the U.S. and Iran They Are Ready to Lead in a Region They See as Destabilized by Jerusalem
The Mecca Pact Is the Third Iteration of a Single Saudi Effort to Assemble a Deterrence Substitute for a Diminished American Security Umbrella
The Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani Pact Will Not Fight. Israel Should Build the Bloc That Will
Differing Interests and Threats May Prevent the Mecca Pact from Becoming an ‘Islamic NATO,’ but India Should Be Concerned