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The Washington Institute · United States · Saudi nuclear hedging revives as Riyadh courts US enrichment and Pakistan
Analyses the Saudi–Pakistan mutual-defence pact: judges a physical warhead transfer unlikely but flags a realistic knowledge-transfer route — Pakistani scientists consulting on a Saudi program — reviving A.Q. Khan-era proliferation concerns.
“The realistic risk is not a weapons transfer but knowledge transfer — Pakistani expertise underwriting a future Saudi programme.”