The recently signed Pakistani-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement marks a major evolution in both countries’ security policies. Among other considerations, the accord formalizes, with a binding treaty, their military partnership. The agreement marks the first time Pakistan has, even implicitly, extended its nuclear shield to another country.
China’s September 3 military parade was more than a show of strength. It signaled the arrival of a new nuclear era that could upend global security calculations. The parade highlighted how the PRC’s growing nuclear arsenal directly challenges US strategic deterrence, escalates regional proliferation dangers, and threatens the demise of global arms control.
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