Opinion | ‘Islamic NATO’ Could Also Influence India-US Ties. Here's How

An emerging ‘Islamic NATO’ could make Delhi more beholden to Washington, potentially narrowing its bargaining power.

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The Mecca Pact is set to expand. Bangladesh wants to join. If it does, this nascent Sunni NATO could, in a very real sense, straddle India on either side.

The Mecca Pact’s core clause states that an armed attack on any one member is considered an attack on all three. The declaration has inevitably drawn comparisons with NATO’s Article 5, although the pact is nowhere near NATO in terms of institutional or military coherence. But its strategic implications for Delhi could nevertheless be consequential.

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