The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, or the Mecca Pact, was signed on Aug.7 by leaders Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The agreement was heavily modeled off NATO’s Article V, asserting that “any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be … Continue reading The Mecca Pact Reveals its Limitations
The defense alliance signed last month by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey hasn’t triggered any joint action. That shouldn’t come as a surprise.