From the end of the Second World War, Persian Gulf oil has been protected by an expensive network of American bases—and now, Donald Trump wants regional powers like Saudi Arabia to take over the costs and commitment. That means reviving a decades-old alliance that was set up to fighting terrorism and contain regional crisis, using to the three major militaries of the Muslim World—Egypt, Turkey and Asim Munir’s Pakistan
Trump’s love affair with Asim Munir is driven by his plans to rebuild the Middle East security
Text Size:
Support Our Journalism
India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. ThePrint – with exceptional reporters, columnists and editors – is doing just that.
Sustaining this needs support from wonderful readers like you.
Whether you live in India or overseas, you can take a paid subscription by clicking here.