Since 2011, borderlands in the MENA region transformed into considerable sites of contested power by a plethora of actors.
messages.detailsMark Sykes and François Georges-Picot aimed to devise a plan that would enable Great Britain and France to avoid a ruinous rivalry in the Middle East
messages.detailsOn May 16, 1916, in the middle of World War I, Great Britain and France signed a secret pact in London. Officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, the deal, negotiated by the diplomats Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot
messages.detailsSykes-Picot was a blessing for many in the Middle East. There is no way to divide borders and create homogeneous states
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