Qatar: The joint defence agreement signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan in Mecca is more than a three-country military partnership. It signals a changing strategic landscape in West Asia, where traditional security arrangements are being challenged and new centres of power are emerging. The most significant provision of the agreement is its collective-defence principle: an armed attack on any one of the three countries would be considered an attack on all three. On paper, the arrangement appears formidable. The real question, however, is whether Riyadh, Ankara and Islamabad would…
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