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Summary. Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the three most important Muslim countries in world politics, have recently signed a collective defense agreement. Officially called the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, this historic pact received global attention due to its central promise of collective defence: any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be considered an attack against them all. Some media outlets called the pact a precursor of a 'NATO of the East', a Sunni Nato and even a Muslim Nato. However, these comparisons seem premature, as the signatories have described the pact only as defensive in nature. The instant write-up explores the central question: Is this pact a harbinger of an Islamic NATO?
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