Opinion: The Mecca Agreement represents a welcome show of force by Arab governments

Opinion: The Mecca Agreement represents a welcome show of force by Arab governments David Hearst argues that American weakness has prompted this necessary reshaping of the Middle East order, with the three biggest regional powers choosing to break the cycle of colonial domination by Israel On paper - at least - a military pact between these three powers is formidable. Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia have respective nominal GDPs of $452bn, $1.6 trillion and $1.3 trillion. Between the…