
Obaidurrahman Mirsab is a New Delhi based writer and emerging geopolitical analyst whose work focuses on geopolitics, U.S. foreign policy, West Asian security, and shifts in the international order. His writing has appeared in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, the foreign-affairs publication of Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Fair Observer, International Affairs Forum at the Center for International Relations in Washington, D.C., International Policy Digest, Madras Courier and Global South Forum, among others.
Signed amid the ongoing US-Iran conflict, the Makkah Pact signals a shift towards regional self-reliance as Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan seek to reshape the future security architecture of West…