The Mecca Agreement and the Middle East’s new alliance map with David Wurmser
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David Wurmser joins the Middle East Forum Podcast to examine the new Mecca Agreement among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan—and why its significance may lie less in its mutual-defense provisions than in the strategic realignment it represents.
Wurmser argues that Turkey and Pakistan’s growing alignment, Saudi Arabia’s changing calculations, and China’s expanding role are reshaping the regional balance. He explores what the pact means for India, the UAE, Israel, the Abraham Accords, and Turkey’s increasingly complicated position inside NATO.
The discussion also looks at how Israel and the United States could respond, including the possibility of a competing strategic architecture linking Israel, India, the Gulf, the Eastern Mediterranean, and other U.S.-aligned powers.
