The Mecca Pact: As West Asia rearms and realigns, can India hold its ground?

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on August 7, arrives at a moment of profound flux in West Asian geopolitics. Its timing and venue are intriguing. Concluded amid the lingering of the Iran conflict and rapidly shifting regional alignments, the pact declares that an armed at

Ties with Greece and Cyprus are also likely to benefit from the agreement, with Athens and Nicosia as concerned about an expanded Turkish footprint in the eastern Mediterranean as Jerusalem is.

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