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Humane, Flourishing Middle East Needs Redrawn Borders and Population Moves

Will the Middle East emerge from its disastrous post-Ottoman century? With Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon all weak, the region’s reconstruction in ways that permit peace, stability, and human ...
The Hill

Time to rethink the borders of the Middle East map

Most Americans are unaware that today’s Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats (Sykes and Picot) after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and ...
The Conversation

Map wars in the Middle East: How cartographers charted and helped shape a regional conflict

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation through the Science and Technology Studies (STS) Program, award #1152322. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations ...
World Socialist Web Site

Arriving in US, Netanyahu pledges to “redraw” map of Middle East

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, May 23, 2017. [AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...