Greater Middle East

The Greater Middle East (also known as "The New Middle East") is a political term that groups together various countries, related to the Arab world with Iran and Turkey, marginal countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Various Central Asian countries and the lower Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Cyprus and Greece are sometimes also included. Some speakers may use the term to denote areas with significant Muslim majorities, but this usage is not universal. The countries and Territories of the GME are as the following:

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Algeria
  3. Armenia
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Djibouti
  6. Eritrea
  7. Georgia
  8. Kazakhstan
  9. Kyrgyzstan
  10. Libya
  11. Mauritania
  12. Morocco
  13. Pakistan
  14. Tajikistan
  15. Tunisia
  16. Turkmenistan
  17. Uzbekistan
The traditional Middle East and the G8's Greater Middle East.
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