Day: August 23, 2026

Middle-East-Saudi-Arabia-Turkey-Pakistan

The Mecca Defence Axis: Why Saudi Arabia, Türkiye And Pakistan Are Building A Strategic Bloc

The emerging Saudi-Pakistani-Turkish defense framework represents one of the most significant attempts in recent years to construct an autonomous security architecture linking the Middle East with South Asia. It is still premature to describe it as an “Islamic NATO,” because it lacks NATO’s permanent command structure, standardized operational doctrine and […]

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Australia’s AUKUS Dilemma: Strategic Security Or Strategic Dependence?

Australia’s commitment to the AUKUS security partnership has once again become the subject of intense political debate following confirmation that Canberra will acquire secondhand Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines from the United States instead of a combination of new and existing vessels. While the government insists that the revised arrangement strengthens national […]