Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have signed the Mecca Joint Defense Pact, a new collective defense arrangement that connects the Middle East with South Asia. Its central promise is striking: An armed attack against any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack against them all. This language has prompted comparisons with […]
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