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China, Pakistan, and the Rise of the “Electrostate”
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure and development programme linking Xinjiang, a region in China, to Pakistan’s deepwater Gwadar Port. It was...
What ‘Strategic Partnership’ Is Covering For in Pakistan’s UAE Relationship
A phrase has been circulating in Pakistani official messaging this year: the UAE relationship is moving "from enduring brotherhood to strategic partnership." It is...
Can Pakistan Remain a Mediator as Saudi-Iran Tensions Escalate?
Pakistan is facing a difficult diplomatic test as escalating fighting between Saudi Arabia and Iran backed Houthi forces in Yemen threatens to undermine Islamabad's...
Dhaka’s Mecca Question: What Bangladesh Would Actually Be Joining?
When Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement...
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan Set for First Defence Pact Meeting
Top officials from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will meet in Istanbul on Monday for the first committee meeting under the "Mecca Joint Defence...
The Crowded Table: Why Four Mediators Have Failed to Fix the Pakistan Afghanistan Ceasefire
The ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan resembles a ghost. It exists on paper but peace remains missing on the ground. Along the Durand Line,...
How the Mecca Pact Rewires Tehran’s Nuclear Calculus
On August 7th, with American warships blockading Iranian ports and Iranian fast boats still harassing tankers off the Omani coast, the leaders of Saudi...
A Muslim Trifecta: The New Challenge to Washington’s Middle East
In the city where Islam began, three leaders sat down last Friday and signed something the region has not seen before. Saudi Arabia's Mohammed...
Mecca Defence Pact: What It Means for China, the US and the Middle East
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026, by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, marks an important development in the evolving security...
The Mecca Pact Is a Confession, Not a Deterrent
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is not really a well-organised military alliance. Instead, it looks more like a backup plan, in which three middle...