Strategic Alliances in Middle East Politics

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey.

Turkey wants strategic depth.

Trade routes that do not pass through the Gulf or the Suez Canal.

Their goal is the New Silk Road, starting from Istanbul, passing through Pakistan.

And what about Pakistan, boss?

Pakistan's goal from the agreement: weapons and a budget.

Weapons for India and Iran, and money for the sinking economy.

And the nuclear and financial umbrella,

Saudi Arabia provides investment.

And Turkey provides a military industry. And what is the guarantee?

Paper agreements get burned.

The guarantee is three things: establishing a Sunni alliance.

Blood: joint military drills every six months.

Money: a 100- billion- dollar investment fund among the three.

Doctrine: the Two Holy Mosques, Istanbul, Islamabad.

This spiritual weight,

no one else has anything like it.

The goal is not one state against another.

The goal is a new system that protects Sunnis, protects trade,

and protects decision- making.