Greater Middle East

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geopolitical region macro-region political concept

The Greater Middle East is a broad geopolitical region encompassing the traditional Middle East and adjacent areas of North Africa, Central and South Asia, often used in strategic and diplomatic contexts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Greater Middle East canonical 6
Broader Middle East 1
Greater Middle East and North Africa 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical region ⓘ
macro-region ⓘ
political concept ⓘ
associatedWith European Union foreign policy ⓘ
United States foreign policy ⓘ
counterterrorism policy ⓘ
democratization initiatives ⓘ
energy security ⓘ
dominantReligions Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Greater Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Broader Middle East

Greater Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Greater Middle East and North Africa
hasCharacteristic conceptual rather than strictly geographical ⓘ
no universally agreed boundaries ⓘ
hasFeature high geopolitical importance ⓘ
significant ethnic and cultural diversity ⓘ
hasMajorResource natural gas ⓘ
oil ⓘ
includesCountry Afghanistan ⓘ
Algeria ⓘ
Bahrain ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Djibouti ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Kazakhstan ⓘ
Kuwait ⓘ
Kyrgyzstan ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Qatar ⓘ
Saudi Arabia ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
Tajikistan ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
Turkmenistan ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
Uzbekistan ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
includesRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Horn of Africa ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
overlapsWith Islamic world ⓘ
Middle East and North Africa ⓘ
surface form: MENA
timePeriodOfUsage 21st century ⓘ
usedInContext diplomacy ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
security policy ⓘ
strategic studies ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabian Peninsula → partOf → Greater Middle East ⓘ
Greater Middle East → hasAlternativeName → Greater Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broader Middle East
Greater Middle East → hasAlternativeName → Greater Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Middle East and North Africa
Afghan → region → Greater Middle East ⓘ
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History → subject → Greater Middle East ⓘ
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History → setting → Greater Middle East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Middle East region
Quetta–Kandahar route → region → Greater Middle East ⓘ
Farah → partOf → Greater Middle East ⓘ
Arghandab River → region → Greater Middle East ⓘ