Iran’s Strategic Calculus: Between Survival and Influence
Iran’s regional security strategy has long been a subject of debate among scholars of international politics and Middle Eastern affairs. Iran often projects itself through revolutionary slogans and anti-imperial (Western) language, particularly the oft-repeated rhetoric of wiping Israel from the world map. However, a careful examination of its strategic behaviour reveals a far more nuanced…
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…
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