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…)
Middle East: Cracking up 27 novembre 2013
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Financial Times (UK) November 27, 2013, p. 11
By David Gardner
The ferocious battle between Sunni and Shia is shattering the imperial borders drawn up a century ago, creating boundaries within states that are based on ethnicity and religion. (suite…)
A new Sykes-Picot Agreement 15 mai 2011
Posted by Acturca in France, History / Histoire, Middle East / Moyen Orient.Tags: Arabs, Britain, France, History / Histoire, Libya, M. D. Nalapat, Middle East, Sykes-Picot Agreement
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Weekly Sunday Times (Pakistan), May 15, 2011
M. D. Nalapat *
Ninety-five years ago, Britain and France got together to divide the Arab world. The 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement formalised the division of the region into spheres of influence controlled by London and Paris. Gone were the promises of freedom that had been given to the Arab peoples at the start of the campaign against Turkey. (suite…)
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