From this round of adjustments to the East African Military Region and theaters, one could see East Africa's position in the world: it was a global power standing between a regional powerhouse and a world hegemon.
East Africa did not possess the strength or influence to dominate the globe. Otherwise, it would not have focused on the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic rather than adopting the global deployments Britain and the United States had used when they were world hegemons in the previous life. There were many places in the world that East Africa could not control.
At the same time, East Africa still placed greater importance on developing land power than purely maritime powers did. Britain itself was an island nation, so its army had long been neglected. Although the United States was a continental country, its land security was far more secure than East Africa's.
East Africa faced a far more complex land-security situation than the United States, especially in two respects: religion and race. Northern East Africa lay within the sphere of Arab religious influence, creating a natural religious and cultural divide.
The United States had no such concern. Whether Canada or Mexico, both were Christian countries, and there was no inherent contradiction between them in religion or culture.
Regarding religious and cultural conflicts, one could boldly imagine this: if Canada had been an Arab religious country, then relations between the United States and Canada would certainly have become complicated, conflict-ridden, and confrontational. The two countries could never have formed the close relationship they had now.
Just as East Africans could not cast religion aside and regard the Arab religious countries of North Africa as "one of their own."
Canada itself also illustrated this issue. For example, French-speaking areas such as Quebec stood apart within Canada and