Pakistan, the Central Asian states (i.e. ‘The Stans’), and countries between the Black and Caspian Seas, such as Georgia and Armenia, do not typically make the list of Middle Eastern countries. These countries do have long-standing interrelationships with their Middle Eastern neighbors, but ...
There is much more to continental status than just geography, however. Politics must also be considered, and politically Indonesia seems to fall much more in line with other countries in Asia. Indonesia is a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperatio...