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Mohammed Ayoob

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 13, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Mohammed Ayoob

    Pakistan’s westward turn — strategic depth or overstretch (opens the original)

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    The defence cooperation agreement signed by Pakistan and Kuwait on August 27, 2026, is the latest manifestation of Pakistan’s rapidly expanding strategic footprint in West Asia. The agreement assumes greater significance when viewed alongside Pakistan’s membership of the Saudi Arabia-Türkiye-Pakistan defence arrangement and its recent role as an intermediary between Iran and the United States. Pakistan’s West Asian orientation has deep historical roots. From its inception, it attempted to

  2. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Mohammed Ayoob

    The Mecca Pact and the rise of strategic hedging (opens the original)

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    The mutual defence agreementsigned by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan in Mecca on August 7 could mark an important turning point in the geopolitics of West Asia. Its significance lies not merely in its provision that an attack upon one member will be considered an attack upon all three, but in what it reveals about the changing calculations of three of the most important states in the Muslim world. For decades, West Asian, especially the Gulf, security has depended overwhelmingly upon the Uni

  3. Article · Jul 12, 2026 · Mohammed Ayoob

    The making of Israel’s retreat into isolation (opens the original)

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    The primary justification for the creation of Israel was that Europeans of Jewish origin persecuted and ghettoised, deserve their own state where they can live like other “normal” nations. For much of its history, Israel sought to escape the isolation that marked Jewish existence in Europe before the creation of the Jewish state. One of its goals was to transform Israel from a besieged regional outlier into an increasingly accepted member of the West Asian political order, a goal made very d

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