The Mecca Pact Won’t Deter Yemen’s Houthis
Less than two months after its signing, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia activated the Mecca Pact for the first time. On October 5, during an emergency meeting held in Riyadh, the three countries...
Collective security
Put Turkey on notice: The Eastern Mediterranean’s reliable alliance deserves US teeth
The ongoing war with Iran is driving countries in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean to invest in new security alliances. This is partly driven by the drubbing Gulf Arab states have taken from...
Op-eds
The Mecca Pact Has Become a Hollow Promise
If these excuses hold in the pact’s first crisis, they will hold in the next.
Op-eds
Putin is testing NATO because he thinks the West will flinch
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow this week comes as U.S. intelligence warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be prepared to escalate against...
Op-eds
The Mecca Defense Pact Looks Toothless. That Doesn’t Mean It’s Harmless.
The emerging Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan alliance threatens to trigger regional realignment.
Op-eds
Europe is stepping up to fortify NATO 3.0 — and we must do the same
The consequences of the NATO summit that concluded Wednesday in Ankara will be determined primarily by two questions: Will Europeans step up to honor their defense-spending commitments and carry more of...
Op-eds
7 Fault Lines NATO Must Address in Ankara
As NATO leaders gather on July 7 to 8 in Ankara, the summit’s true test lies in unresolved faultlines over U.S. force posture cuts in Europe, host nation Turkey’s disruptive role within the alliance,...
Insights
The Iran War’s Five Lessons for Europe
Some European NATO members haven’t done themselves many favors by withholding support for the US during the Iran War.