The Unbroken Glass: Bab al-Mandab and the risk of asymmetric escalation
Alliances are drafted for contingencies their signatories hope will remain theoretical. The Makkah Joint Defense Agreement – concluded in August by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan – was one such instrument, yet early this week, less than two months after it was signed, the three states announced the activation of its collective deterrence measures. What ...
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