The Mecca Agreement, a new mutual-defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye, aims to stabilize West Asia amidst perceived US disengagement. Though echoing Nato's Article 5, the author is highly skeptical of its effectiveness. Unlike Nato, it lacks an anchor nation, and its members—revisionist middle powers—struggle with unified command and mutual trust. Each nation, historically reliant on the US, desires great power status, making it unlikely they will accept each other as equals. The pact might only serve as a consultation platform, a "faux alliance" born from necessity rather than a robust security guarantor.