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Originally Posted by Vallen Chaos Valiant
The world IS divided into two powerblocks and a third rather weak one. And there is an obsession with energy supply security. Middle East as an area IS largely irrelevant; what, you think all that current attention was about the local culture?
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I said "solid". Europe, for example, has big troubles acting as one.
And as for the American powerblock - I haven't exactly noticed the complete submission of South America to the US.
Oh, and what about Russia and China? What do we make of them?
And Middle East isn't irrelevant. Why do you think the Gulf Wars happened? I don't know what you mean by "as an area", or why you mentioned it at all. I was just pointing out that, whereas today's big countries make all kinds of plays to assert their influences on the Middle Eastern countries and their oil reserves, in 00, nobody really cares about what happens there. They have no oil anymore, and people have learnt to make do without anyway.