Friday, September 12, 2014

The Middle East is a most complicated muddle...

The Middle East is a most complicated muddle...  Which countries get along well with which others?  Which countries are enemies of each other?  Which ones have fraught relationships?

This stuff is all very hard to sort out and keep straight, even for someone immersed in the history and politics of the area.  This interactive chart does the best job I've ever seen of distilling this information down to a digestible size.  It's worth spending some time studying.  In the screenshot below, I've hovered over Iran; it's significant relationships are highlighted...


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