Role of Pakistan in Middle Eastern Politics after Arab Spring: A Critical Analysis

Abstract

This qualitative research elucidated the increased strategic contribution of Pakistan in the Middle East since the Arab Spring. The paper integrates defense collaboration, the economic considerations, the diplomatic mediation, and its relationship with the regional powers to demonstrate that Pakistan has found its way to be a valuable security ally and the go-to mediator through delicate diplomacy in complicated crises like the Saudi-Iranian tensions. This qualitative research provides a historical background and elaborates how the relationship that was nurtured by factors of religious affiliation and security needs took shape in the midst of the Cold War and the Afghanistan jihad. The new policy of Pakistan in the evolving environment following the Arab spring like neutrality in the Yemen conflict, defense relations with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the gas pipeline problem with the Iranian nation are detailed.