Great Middle East Plan: Models of LocalModernization and Development of RegionalIntegration

In post September 11, the Great Middle East plan has been chosen by the U.S. as a long termstrategy in the Middle East region. The aim of this plan is a shift from political, economic andsocialnature of the whole region through a link between the U.S., Europe and the Middle East based ona series of Commitments.It is obvious that one of the objectives of this project is protecting Israel and providing security,mainly economic security. Israel alone in economic relation with the U.S. can not have a goodeconomic system and requires to establish economic relations with other countries mainly itsneighboring countries in the Middle East. The U.S. also follows to establish a good economic andpolitical relation between Israel and other Middle East countries through an economic securityproject that is justified into the general framework of the Great Middle East plan.But there is one question: “Is this project in accordance with the needs of these societies?” In thisarticle, the Middle East has been defined from Geopolitical and Geo-economic views, and also thestatus of this region for the U.S. has been surveyed from the point of security, energy and softwareaspects. Accordingly, the nature and substance of the Great Middle East have been reasonablyexplained.