Map 4. Locations of confirmed device explosions (Lebanon and Syria), September 2024
Based on Haaretz (https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2024-09-17/ty-article/.premium/reports-hundreds-wounded-in-pager-blasts-targeting-hezbollah-operatives-across-lebanon/), updated by the author


Map 6. Geopolitical structuring of the world for the 21st century
Source: Tunjic F. The Europe in Between and the OSCE. New-Old geopolitics in Eurasia Concerning Europe’s stability and Security, 2005 (http://researchgate.net/publication/281840531)



Map 9. Airstrikes on Iran (June, 2025)
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources




Map 13. NATO Expansion in Europe, by year (as of 2025)
Compiled by PIR Center based on open sources


Map 15. APEC Member States
Compiled by PIR Center based on APEC website (https://www.apec.org/about-us/about-apec)


Map 17. Non-aligned Movement (as of 2025)
Compiled based on open sources

Map 18. US Forces in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence (as of July 2025)
Source: Council on Foreign Relations (https://www.cfr.org/article/us-forces-middle-east-mapping-military-presence)

Map 19. Iran’s Major Nuclear Facilities (as of June 2014). Solving the Iranian Nuclear Puzzle
Source: An Arms Control Association Briefing Book (https://www.armscontrol.org/files/ACA_Iran_Briefing_Book_2013.pdf)