When Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement on Aug. 7, the three countries provided concrete evidence of a push toward regional strategic autonomy — new alignments that augment, but do not replace, existing security arrangements dealing with heightened threats.
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When Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement on Aug. 7, the three countries provided concrete evidence of a push toward regional strategic autonomy — new alignments that augment, but do not replace, existing security arrangements dealing with heightened threats.
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