potential conflicts:
1) India -Pakistan !!
2) Arab world -Israel (already inluded)
3) China expansion east (Spratly islands!) versus Filipines (USA..), Vietnam, Malaysia
4) China expansion west (Tibet, butan, corner with Pakistan/India, perhaps beyond)
5) USA's tentacles in S-America (donot rule out Uncle Sam's malicious intentions in current and recent history..boys).
6) Islam insurgance against ' the rest of the infidel world':
Muslims in SW Philippines, Indonesian radicals, Pakistans, Algerians, Libyans, Tsjaad, Iraq, Iran,..well, the list is long..
7)Bit far fetched: 'united' narcotics producing S-American and middle american countries versus the US ..or combined latino american countries with different interests (narcotics, no more IMF support,communists, etc..) against the US (which is somehow 'weakened'..(a political split/conflict of old confederates versus east coast states?)).
Bougainville Solomons;
Starts with papua new guinea versus slanders..
Then Australia gets involved..
Then ecoterrorists and/or Cuba supports the islanders..
More pacific island nations support Bougainvilleans..
Japan Indonesia/Malaysia/philippines support islanders..
..well, then it is up to you to make a balanced set of adversaries...to 'start' teh conflict.
9) Zambia..versus 'the rest of southern africa..
10) South Africa wanting to expand (in accordance to its political and economical growing importance)
11) Antarctica..ice melts;interesting resources and 'ancient' cultural sites discovered:
Global sprint of the big nations to get their piece of that cake
(currently: US, Norway, Chili, Australia, Newzealand..what more ?)..but why not some Chinese and Russian armed 'explorers' send there as well ?
(study 'Spratley islands conflict').
12) United Europe versus defecting nations..
(as with 19th century Civil war in the states)..
some One-Europe hardliner and dominating nations (France/Germany/Benelux/Portugal /Ireland) versus non pro-europe nations (UK, Switzerland (why not ?), Denmark, Norway, Austria) and provences of nations that disintegrate (Italy: Lombardia north/south split; Spain Bask split, Greece; Macedonia, Crete...).
13)
Greece -Turkey (correct..because turks are fed up of not being allowed to enter the EU)
..I also want to make it a strong point that nuclear missiles should not be used in this game..as it spoils the strategical/tactical 'fun' of such a game..
..with tanks and bombs you can argue that it selectively targets the opponent's military units..
..with a nuke you really can't..
Ps..what time period does this game have ?
Does it start with the time of the first world war ? Second world war ?
PPS WW2 saw that logistics and 'ports' of entry (harbours, airports, distribution points) were VERY important to keep an offensive going (Antwerp harbour, Tobruk North africa, Pacific theatre Islands hopping)...
How is this influence incorporated in this game ?
Are supply lines being 'measured' and affecting the supply output ?