Saudi Arabia–Pakistan Nuclear Pact Leverages Decades of Chinese Nuclear Proliferation
A military vehicle carries the long-range ballistic missile Shaheen during the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2022. Ghulam Rasool/AFP via Getty Images
On Sept. 17 in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement that now extends Pakistan’s nuclear weapons arsenal to the defense of Saudi Arabia.
Rick Fisher
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Rick Fisher is a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center.
