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KSA/Pakistan: Joining Hands Amid Shifting Sands

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Ref: AD-2863

Summary: on reflection, the 17 September announcement by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia of a mutual defence pact should not have come as a surprise. In an increasingly uncertain world it does little more than formalise a relationship that dates back over five decades at little, if any, cost to either party.

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