Other nations in the Middle East dealing with political instability do not have a unified stance on the issue, while others are disputed territories that lack the diplomatic power needed to take a ...

after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and political interests. They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since.

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...