Register of state powers, political blocs, and armed groups of the chronicle, organized by era of prominence. Era I entries are terrestrial states and actors of the Soviet-Western conflict; Era II entries are the political formations of the settled system.

Era I — Terrestrial Powers & Actors (1965–2099 ES)

  • American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) — Washington-based lobbying organisation
  • China — People’s Republic of China, major state power of the informal authoritarian coalition
  • Hezbollah — Lebanese Shia Islamist party and militant group
  • Iran — Islamic Republic of Iran, whose nuclear program and conflicts define much of the era’s Middle East
  • Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) — principal branch of the Iranian armed forces
  • Israel — Middle Eastern state and significant regional actor
  • Katāʾib al-Quds (Jerusalem Brigades) — coordinated military operations against IDF targets
  • Palestine — aspirational state and national identity in the Israeli-occupied territories
  • Soviet Union — the era’s great power of the Eastern bloc
  • Ukraine — Eastern European state, the primary contested zone of the Soviet-Western conflict
  • United States — leading Western state power, principal geopolitical competitor of the Soviet Union

Era II — Political Formations of the Settled System (2100–2199 ES)