Greater Middle East

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The traditional Middle East and the G8's 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 and Iran, marginal countries such as Pakistan and Kashmir. Various Central Asian countries and the lower Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Cyprus, Turkey, 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. Afghanistanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Afghanistan Afghanistan
2. Algeriaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Algeria Algeria
3. Armeniaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Armenia Armenia
4. Azerbaijanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
5. Caucasus Emirate, occupied by Russia.
6. Djiboutiborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Djibouti Djibouti
7. Eritreaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Eritrea Eritrea
8. Georgia (country)
9. Azad Kashmirborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Azad Kashmir Kashmir, disputed territory, claimed by India.
10. Kazakhstanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
11. Kyrgyzstanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
12. Libyaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Libya Libya
13. Mauritaniaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Mauritania Mauritania
14. Moroccoborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Morocco Morocco
15. Pakistanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Pakistan Pakistan
16. Tajikistanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Tajikistan Tajikistan
17. Tunisiaborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Tunisia Tunisia
18. Turkmenistanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
19. Uzbekistanborder|20px|class=noviewer|baseline|Flagge Uzbekistan Uzbekistan