When Tรผrkiyeโs foreign minister publicly confirmed that Ankara is in talks with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia over a possible defense pact, he was doing more than clarifying a diplomatic rumor. He was signaling how power is being recalibrated in the Middle East. The area today is defined less by fixed blocs and more by strategic hedging. Security guarantees of the United States feel conditional, regional conflicts remain unresolved and old assumptions about deterrence no longer hold. Against this backdrop, Ankaraโs exploratory talks are not about creating a NATO-style pact. They are about options.
The starting point is the Saudi-Pakistan defense agreement signed in September 2025, which formalized decades of close military cooperation. That pact framed aggression against one as a shared concern, but crucially avoided automatic military triggers or integra
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