The war on terror, alternatively known as the Great Game, Anglo-Russian Skirmish or the Russo-Arab conflict has been a series of military and political conflicts in the Middle East and South East Asia. Unlike the preceding Anglo-Dutch civil war the War on Terror has not involved a major conflict between waring powers but has instead been a series of limited wars and terrorist attacks since 2002. It originated out of the rise of Russian and Arab League power in the aftermath of the civil war and the continued decline of the Anglo-Dutch backed dictatorship in Indonesia.