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I would love to see an in-depth analysis of the Arab-Israeli Conflict and how many of the diplomatic roads became dead-ends and how we can apply this knowledge to Risk.  There are so many examples with that conflict alone that I am sure we can learn from.  Dr. Honary has already mentioned the Suez Crisis in his book, but there is so much more, such as the Balfour Declaration, the UN Partition, the Oil Embargo against the US and Europe in the 70's, the creation of OPEC in response to US domination in the world (and the subsqent use of US dollars for "petrodollars") the Camp David Accords, the failed attempts at peace in the 90's such as Oslo and Wye River as well as the current situation. 

Does any one have any thoughts? 

Risk is certainly a very powerful game. A friend of mine used to say that if Hitler played Risk when he was young he wouldn't have ended up in the dilemma he created.

I think Risk is simple enough to capture many features of strategy games. Modern day Iraq and Afghanistan vs US are again similar to situations you find in Risk. Just got to make sure you don't get yourself dragged down too much on a couple of small players, and in the process lose the plot altogether .... Other player are getting stronger every turn and you cant afford to ignore them ...