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 […] The post The Mecca pact and the fine…

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