The sole aim of my introductory remarks is to convince you that this part of the world is extraordinarily complicated, more complicated probably than any other part of the world, and that most of what goes on in it is internally generated and not the effect of outside actors.
Mes remarques préliminaires visent exclusivement à vous convaincre que cette région du globe est extraordinairement complexe et que presque tout ce qui s'y passe est de nature interne, non pas l'effet de causes externes.