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Greater Middle East (orthographic projection)
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 coined by the Bush administration to group 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. Afghanistan Afghanistan
  2. Algeria Algeria
  3. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
  4. Armenia Armenia
  5. Caucasus Emirate, occupied by Russia.
  6. Djibouti Djibouti
  7. Eritrea Eritrea
  8. Georgia (country)
  9. Azad Kashmir Kashmir, disputed territory, claimed by India.
  10. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  11. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  12. Libya Libya
  13. Mauritania Mauritania
  14. Morocco Morocco
  15. Pakistan Pakistan
  16. Tajikistan Tajikistan
  17. Tunisia Tunisia
  18. Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  19. Western Sahara, disputed territory, claimed by Morocco.
  20. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Countries and territories of the Middle East
Bahrain • Cyprus • Egypt • Iraq • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Northern Cyprus 1 • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • 'State of Palestine 2 • Yemen
Greater Middle East
Afghanistan • Algeria • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Djibouti • Eritrea • Georgia • Kashmir 3 • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Pakistan • Somalia • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) 4
1 Only recognized by Turkey; see Cyprus dispute. 2 Self-ruled Palestine3 Disputed territories. 4 Status disputed with Morocco.

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