U.S.’s Middle Eastern allies know Washington is unreliable | News In Depth

As the conflict in the Middle East between the U.S. and Iran continues, Turkey has joined the alliance of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The three Sunni countries have pledged to treat an attack on one as an attack on all three, a commitment not unlike that of NATO’s Article 5.

“The fact that NATO members and other American allies are deciding to form this kind of alliances outside of NATO suggests that there are serious doubts about the reliability of American security guarantees,” said Marcin Zaborowski, TVP World’s Europe Editor.

Each of the allies brings something to the table: Pakistan is a nuclear power, Saudi Arabia brings in considerable financial means, and Turkey, itself a NATO member, boasts a massive army, second only to the U.S. in NATO, along with a robust defense industry, known, among others, for the manufacture of Bayraktar drones.

“It looks like all of these three nations decided that it is good to be on good terms with the United States, but it could not be relied upon (as) the only guarantee that we have out there,” TVP World’s Europe Editor said, adding that the alliance is not as much a challenge to the old alliance with the U.S. or, in Turkey’s case, a competition for NATO, but that it is “complementary.”

“But a few years back, they wouldn’t have thought about it. They would think that our security rests on our engagement and involvement of the United States. Now, they think it’s just not enough,” Zaborowski concludes.

Join News in Depth’s host Ashim Kumar and his guest as they explore what led to the formation of the new alliance between the three Sunni states, including Trump’s “America First” policy, as well as how the Iran war exposed the gap in U.S. weapons production and America’s inability not only to supply itself, but also Ukraine, its allies in Europe and elsewhere.

Chapters:
00:00 Patriot supplies for Ukraine: Trump’s about-face turn
03:37 U.S. isolationism and its effect on perceived value of Washington’s security guarantees
07:26 Europe’s air defense gaps
08:50 The Turkey–Pakistan–Saudi alliance
12:37 Gulf states seek security beyond the U.S.
15:50 Trump’s broader Iran policy coming under strain

🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream – https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4

Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland’s first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.

https://tvpworld.com/
https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom
https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com
https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/
https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world
https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social
https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com
https://t.me/tvp_world

#Usa #NATO #Iran