A myth of bad borders 22 mars 2015
Posted by Acturca in France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient, Turkey / Turquie, USA / Etats-Unis.Tags: border, Iraq, ISIS, Ottoman Empire, Sean McMeekin, soft power, Sykes-Picot Agreement, Syria, World War I
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Los Angeles Times (USA) Sunday, March 22, 2015, p. 18
By Sean McMeekin *
Control of territory in the Middle East comes through force, as Islamic State reminds us. With a massive invasion by U.S. ground troops ruled out — for now — the debate in Washington over what to do about Islamic State militants has shifted into the realm of diplomacy and “soft power.” (suite…)
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