Will Pakistan-Saudi-Turkiye defence pact change US strategy?

Washington, DC – The administration of United States President Donald Trump has offered no official response in the hours since Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan signed a landmark mutual defence agreement in Mecca.The muted reaction, which persisted into Saturday, likely underscores the multilayered — and still emerging — implications of the new deal for US strategy, according to analysts.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan sign joint defence agreement: What’s in it?list 2 of 3Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye defence pact challenges US rolelist 3 of 3War on Iran: Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan sign defence pactend of listConsidered by many to lay the groundwork for what could be one of the most significant power shifts in the region in decades, the deal comes within the context of the US-Israeli war against Iran and Israel’s increasingly aggressive military actions in the region.One provision is said to call on signatories to treat an attack on one as an attack on all, reminiscent of NATO’s Article 5.Some analysts see the agreement as a reflection of growing wariness towards an unpredictable US government, potentially presaging a wider ...