'The Mecca Pact Has Backfired': Bernard Haykel On Saudi Arabia's Defence Deal
Princeton professor Bernard Haykel examines whether the Saudi-Pakistan-Türkiye defence pact is facing an early test after the reported Houthi drone incident near Mecca. He argues that the pact was primarily intended as a deterrent message to Iran and discusses what kind of attack could potentially trigger a substantive military response from Pakistan and Türkiye.
