Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey inked a joint defense pact on Friday, concluding nearly a year of negotiations aimed at countering aggressive military posturing in the Middle East. At the same time, we’ve seen up to 5,000 sorties of US aircraft from European bases as part of its military operations against Iran. Updates throughout the talks appear to suggest progress being made with a potential “voluntary fee” being floated as one option for the future. President Donald Trump has said that Tehran cannot have a nuclear weapon “in any way, shape or form” in a new post on Truth Social as a 60-day ceasefire deal expired on Monday. Last month,…