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.

Aliases (2)

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	Broader Middle East → 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 → MENA →
timePeriodOfUsage	21st century →
usedInContext	diplomacy → international relations → security policy → strategic studies →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Greater Middle East ("Broader Middle East") → Greater Middle East ("Greater Middle East and North Africa") →	hasAlternativeName
Arabian Peninsula →	partOf
Afghan →	region