The Mecca pact is not just another regional alliance
- The joint defence agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan in Mecca on Friday is not another entry in a region already crowded with alliances and communiques.
- Its significance lies less in its provisions than in what it signals: a shift in how the Gulf states conceive of their own security.
- Riyadh and its neighbours appear increasingly unwilling to tie strategic security to a single guarantor.
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- The joint defence agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan in Mecca on Friday is not another entry in a region already crowded with alliances and communiques.
- Its significance lies less in its provisions than in what it signals: a shift in how the Gulf states conceive of their own security.
- Riyadh and its neighbours appear increasingly unwilling to tie strategic security to a single guarantor.
Sources: Al Jazeera