The geography of the region consists of the intersection of three continents and globally vital commercial sea lanes, flight corridors, pipelines and overland routes. The 20 nations of the AOR, which stretches from Northeast Africa across the Middle East to Central and South Asia, have forms of governance ranging across the political spectrum, including emerging democracies, hereditary monarchies, autocracies, and Islamist theocratic regimes.
The Central Region is
among the least secure and stable regions of the world. Adversarial
relationships among neighboring states, widespread ethnic and sectarian
struggles, malign influence and destabilizing activities, cyber-based
threats, and growing arsenals of sophisticated conventional weapons and
weapons of mass destruction all combine to imperil enduring U.S. vital
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