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The Mecca pact and the fine print of power

Summary by Asia Times
Perhaps we all neglected to read the footnotes. When Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey unveiled their grand architecture of collective defense in Mecca, the language was magnificent: fraternity, deterrence, solidarity, common security. An attack on one, the world was told, would be regarded as an attack on all. It had the muscular reassurance of NATO’s […]

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The Mecca pact and the fine print of power

Perhaps we all neglected to read the footnotes. When Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey unveiled their grand architecture of collective defense in Mecca, the language was magnificent: fraternity, deterrence, solidarity, common security. An attack on one, the world was told, would be regarded as an attack on all. It had the muscular reassurance of NATO’s […]

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Mecca v. Sana'a: the Conflict that Undressed the “NATO Sunni”

The Mecca Pact is still being played in real time and it does not seem that its weaknesses in substance and form will bring great success.

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Asia Times broke the news in Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Sunday, September 13, 2026.
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