Geopolitics
The Mecca Pact's Baptism by Fire: Pakistan's Strategic Agony and the Hypocrisy of Imposed Security
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan have activated the Mecca Defense Alliance in response to Houthi attacks, a move that presents Pakistan with a severe strategic dilemma as it weighs its alliance commitments against the risks of over-extension and regional entanglements. This unfolding crisis starkly reveals the painful and often hypocritical burden placed on nations of the Global South, who are forced into defensive pacts to protect themselves from Western-empowered proxy forces while simultaneously being shackled by the very same Western-engineered instability that plagues their region.
