Factors Accounted for Middle East as a Strategically Importance to the Western World

The relationship between the west and the Middle East is traceable back to the time immemorial. In fact, the name Middle East was christened by the west. This relationship was not born out for loving sake but for the self-interest and greediness of the western world. The western world is benefitting immensely form the Middle East. In this paper, five factors are advanced as to why the Middle East is strategically important to the west such as world energy suppliers, geography and terrain, faith and ideology, trade routes and center of Israel. The western world is working rigorously to exploit the middle east at all cost to the extent of even planted conflict to the region, installing corrupt leaders etc. to the region for their economic and political interest.  Today, the largest oil using in the west is from the Middle East. The research method adopted for this research work is historical and analytical method.