Pakistan
Beneath the Political Rhetoric of Collective Security Lies a Complex Legal and Operational Issue Regarding Deployments
The Time for the Indian Military to Assemble Drone Swarms and the Means to Counter Them Is Now
The Gulf Arab States Increasingly Seek Relationships Based on Specific Capabilities, Rather than Exclusive Alignment
Nauman Mahmood Spent Much of His Military Career Confronting Organizations That Employ Asymmetric Warfare
While Beijing Frequently Speaks the Language of Diplomacy, It Expands Infrastructure That Gives It Leverage in the Region
Yemen’s Iran-Aligned Houthis Have Expanded Attacks Against Saudi Territory, Energy Infrastructure, and Maritime Interests
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