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West Asia Is Learning to Defend Itself Without Asking Washington First

The pact raises immediate questions for India's foreign policy, given its close economic and strategic ties with Saudi Arabia, Türkiye's history of backing Pakistan on Kashmir and India's substantial energy and strategic stakes across West Asia. It is a live GS2 case for International Relations, testing concepts like strategic autonomy, multipolarity and India's balancing act between competing regional partnerships.