I was dwelling a bit upon who to attack first. In my game, GK is involved into war with Monty and Shaka (vassal of Monty) and is an easy target. However, I also see that Monty, who is a potential runaway, is having a lot of success and has turned his army to GK. Therefore, if I join a war against GK, there is a huge chance I 'll get one, maybe two cities and then GK will capitulate to Monty. Afterwards, Monty is even stronger and my feeble production will never be able to take him out. That is why I attacked Monty, if I take him out while his stack is busy elsewhere, I can easily turn to GK next and Shaka the last. Anyway, easier said than done. But I got one city at least, I think there were only 2-3 unsuspecting defenders, and have a stack of 10-11 units against 2 LBs in Tenochtitlan. BTW, I am using my workers as scouts. With 3 moves, they can go deeply into an enemy territory and provide valuable info. Monty managed to capture Karakorum and his stack will now need to heal before moving, therefore, I should be able to get some chance on holding his capital and maybe to get something else. Then, cease fire with him, heal, and wait for reinforcements and ambush him again. Also, Monty did not really attack GK on his own. Like often in the life, you have to give to get something. Therefore, to stand a chance against him and the map I sacrificed a little that I had as a tech edge:
Now I have a decision to make, I can also bribe Alex against Monty, but that will take some gold and will delay CS which will help with all the problematic areas, gold, research and production. I do not know whether I can afford the delay. But also, don't know whether I can survive Monty's reinforcements. Better to open one more front, decrease the chance Monty will cap GK and build some relations with Alex.
Tech situation and the economy:
