The new pact between Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia brings money and military technology together in ways New Delhi will have to track carefully

Türkiye, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia signed the ‘Badr’ defense cooperation accord in the Qatari capital, Doha, on October 21. It is intended to deepen their defense industry cooperation, reflecting a broader effort by countries in the region to widen their network of security partners amid the prolonged US-Israel war on Iran.

The four countries are planning to build on existing military projects through joint production, technology transfers, and more closely integrated supply chains. The initiative is a result of the failure of the US and Iran to reach a concrete peace agreement, which pushes countries in the region to diversify their defense partnerships and look beyond overreliance on Washington for their security.

The four countries clarified, however, that closer cooperation does not mean abandoning long-standing alliances.…