How the Mecca Agreement aims to manage US separation from Middle East

How the Mecca Agreement aims to manage US separation from Middle East Ilya Roubanis on Thu, 08/13/2026 - 19:28 The pact is looking to sieze ownership of a status quo that revisionist powers want to upend Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Sh

The war with Iran is no longer a limited confrontation between Tehran and its adversaries—it has become a genuine test of the resilience of the security order that has governed the Middle East for decades. As escalation spreads from the Gulf to the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, one question has become increasingly