The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, signed Aug. 7 by Turkey, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, is the clearest signal that the Middle East is responding to the new U.S. strategy predicated on burden-sharing and burden-shifting. However, the pact’s failure to rush to Riyadh’s defense when the Houthis began attacking Saudi Arabia earlier this month has caused […]
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