A new Middle East security order?
The timing of the new Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey defense agreement suggests the US' traditional allies in the region are charting their own strategic path after the Iran war.
Welcome back to AL-MONITOR Security, where we break down the latest in Middle East defense and conflict news.
Six months in, the United States is adrift in its war with Iran. Seeing no apparent endgame plan from Washington, US-aligned states like Saudi Arabia are beginning to mobilize to shape their own strategic future.
A new defense pact aligning the kingdom, Turkey and Pakistan is not the region’s first alliance, and may prove little more than symbolic as regional rivalries continue to shift.
But the timing of the Mecca Agreement suggests the US' traditional allies in the region are charting their own strategic path after the Iran war, accelerating the region’s tilt toward multipolarity.
