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Test of the Mecca Pact: How Ansar Allah’s Red Sea Surge Is Unravelling Gulf Deterrence
The author argues that Ansar Allah’s strategic advances in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and key infrastructure strikes have exposed the military and operational limitations of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, leaving Saudi Arabia exposed as key allies and the United States decline direct combat intervention.
Two meetings in two weeks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin are set to meet again after their recent SCO meeting, which focused on energy and defence cooperation. Their next meeting in New Delhi for the BRICS Summit has already sparked speculation about potential defence deals. Could Russia be preparing to offer India fighter aircraft and advanced air-defence systems?