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Saudi defence pact with Turkey and Pakistan is a verdict on the reliability of US security guarantees

By Muhammad Waqas Haider, PhD candidate in International Relations, Lancaster University

Commentators predictably reacted to the news of the signing of a mutual defence pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan on August 7 by reaching for the label “Islamic Nato”. The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement stipulates that an armed attack on any one of them would be treated as an attack on all. Jerusalem went a step further, describing the alliance as an anti-Israel…

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