Between Riyadh and Tehran: The Illusion and Necessity of Pakistan’s Neutrality in a Polarised Middle East
Apr 20, 2026
In the shifting geometry of Middle Eastern geopolitics, few states embody strategic ambivalence as acutely as Pakistan, whose foreign policy in the 2026 crisis reveals a delicate, almost paradoxical attempt to sustain neutrality between Iran and Saudi Arabia, two rival poles whose contest