as late as the early 1900s, the foreign policy of world powers was described as "The Great Game". According to reports, this terminology is still being used to

as late as the early 1900s, the foreign policy of world powers was described as "The Great Game". According to reports, this terminology is still being used today: Under the sub-heading "Rude language a la British", she wrote that "[Prince Andrew] railed at British anti-corruption investigators, who had had the 'idiocy' of almost scuttling the Al-Yamama deal with Saudi Arabia". She said the prince also criticised Guardian journalists - "who poke their noses everywhere" - for investigating the deal. Ms Gfoeller said Prince Andrew told her that the UK, Western Europe and the US were now "back in the thick of playing the Great Game" - a reference to the 19th Century struggle between the British and Russian Empires for control of Central Asia. "More animated than ever, he stated cockily 'and this time we aim to win'," she wrote. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11870581 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11870581