Mecca Joint Defence Agreement and Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition: Complex Regional Dynamics and Challenges

Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement on August 7, 2026, establishing a collective security pact modelled after NATO’s Article 5. The core commitment was that an armed attack against any one of the three nations is treated as an attack against all of them. It was signed in Mecca byContinue reading “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement and Multinational Maritime Defence Coalition: Complex Regional Dynamics and Challenges”

Mediterranean QUAD: Will India Join 3+1 Grouping To Counter “Islamic NATO”? Can UAE Join In Amid Saudi Rift? OPED

UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is scheduled to visit the Indian capital, New Delhi, amid flaring tensions in the Middle East. In Iran, the United States is mulling an attack on the Islamic Republic amid raging protests in the country and possibly even removing the Supreme Leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei, from power. TensionsContinue reading “Mediterranean QUAD: Will India Join 3+1 Grouping To Counter “Islamic NATO”? Can UAE Join In Amid Saudi Rift? OPED”