Pakistan, the United States and the Islamic Military Alliance: to Be or Not to Be?

Pakistan, the United States and the Islamic Military Alliance: to Be or Not to Be?

In January 2017, Pakistan again turned out to be in the center of Middle East politics, when the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) made a hasty statement on its joining the Islamic Military Alliance (IMA); Riyadh also wanted to appoint the former Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif as Commander-in-Chief of the IMA. The…