The Near East was the center of a "three-cornered quarrel between Russia, America, and China" concerning a sphere of influence, the Near East Crisis, which threatened to bring about World War III before being settled by a World Peace Conference. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)"], TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"])