Badr MoU And The Changing Meaning Of Defence Self Reliance – OpEd – Eurasia Review

Badr MoU And The Changing Meaning Of Defence Self Reliance – OpEd  Eurasia Review

Countries have been grappling with this familiar issue for several years now, in a quest to beef up their armies. They can buy advanced weaponry from overseas Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Indonesia sign the Badr pact, a defence-industry memorandum. Photo Credit: Turkish Foreign Ministry Countries have been grappling with this familiar issue for several years now, in a quest to beef up their armies. They can buy advanced weaponry from overseas but how do they manage to get spare parts when they are not coming and maintaining the array of weaponry is becoming difficult and the political climate may turn sour over the supply of arms? The solution is gradually becoming to develop industrial capacity in their own country.

That is why, the Badr Memorandum of Understanding signed by Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye and Indonesia at Doha on 21 October 2026 is worthy of attention. According to the Qatar News Agency, the deal is to boost defense industry production and technological cooperation, adding that it would contribute to consolidating the defense industry. The Turkish Defence Ministry also confirmed the deal as an attempt to boost defense industry production and technological cooperation. The deal is an inopportune one for international security. The war between the United States, Israel and Iran has proven the speed with which regional wars can wreak havoc on