I came for the infographic https://southfront.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/US-troops-deployment-in-the-Middle-East.jpg Too bad it's only the us forces. Chinese, russian, etc would be nice too, to compare https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/us-troops-share.png http://infographic.statista.com/normal/chartoftheday_8915_the_largest_armed_forces_in_the_world_n.jpg The chinese They top the US by one order of magnitude, where are they? It's hard to come by the chinese equivalent of the US infographic regarding that topic ... Bonus https://africacenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Belt-and-Road-Map-by-MERICS.jpg Also south africa https://e360.yale.edu/assets/site/COALSWARM_ChinaCoalFinancing_web.jpg