The New Defense Pact: A Mixed Bag of Mutual Assurance The recent agreement between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey to form a mutual defense pact has been hailed as a bold move in the region's ever shifting security landscape.
However, this new alliance is not without precedent – or warning signs.
Proponents argue that similar arrangements have helped deter large scale conflicts in the past, particularly during the Cold War era, citing NATO's Article 5 collective defense clause.