The Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement and Its Implications for Iran’s Security Outlook
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan formalised their longstanding security cooperation through the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement on September 17. Though the agreement is primarily being seen as a deterrent against Israel’s growing military adventurism in the region, its implications for other regional actors as well as the broader regional security architecture cannot be overlooked. It has…
The Anatomy of Saudi-Pakistan Defense Agreement: The Timing, the Message and the Noise
In an argument on what collective security really means, the influential realist thinker Hans Morgenthau remarked, it means “One for all and all for one”. This opens a Pandora’s box; the limitation and the nature of such agreements when it comes to operationalization? The recent Saudi-Pak comprehensive defense agreement has two significant points: (a) Any aggression…
The Qatar Strike and the Illusions of Gulf Security
It is often said that the only predictability about the Middle East’s geopolitics is its unpredictability, and yet what has remained remarkably consistent is the structural myopia of its regional security frameworks, particularly the one followed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members. Israel’s targeted strikes on Hamas leadership in Doha on September 9 have…
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