A NATO for the Muslim World? Inside the Mecca Defense Pact

Türkiye, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have signed a mutual defense pact. Is this

the beginning of a NATO for the Muslim world?

One week after the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement was signed, Spokesman USA sits

down with two voices who see this moment from very different angles: Pearl Vuorinen, a healthcare and finance executive who just ran for Congress, and Ahmad

Alyasin, a leading voice in Houston's Turkish-American community.

The conversation travels from the Middle East to the American kitchen table —

the November midterms and a new generation of candidates, a record stock market

set against rising grocery bills, and whether the world's most expensive

healthcare system works for the people paying into it.

00:00 Intro. Meet the guests

01:17 Türkiye, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia — a defense pact

04:013 Running for Congress: what people actually want

05:23 The midterms and a new generation

08:23 A strong market and an empty wallet

11:51 Healthcare: who is the system built for?

14:34 Closing words

Dr. Asaf Qadeer, Family medicine doctor in Houston, Texas

Pearl Vuorinen, Healthcare and Finance Executive, former congressional candidate

Ahmad Alyasin, Turkish-American community leader, Houston

Spokesman USA, Conversations that Matter. Created by Dr. Mubashir Chaudhry.

Producers, Mauricio Marin, Daysi Marin

Recorded in Sugarland, Texas, on August 14, 2026.

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