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Monday, May 16, 2016

ORIENTALIST VIEW VERSUS NON-ORIENTALIST VIEW OF SYKES-PICOT

ORIENTALIST VIEWS

Could Different Borders Have Saved the Middle East?  
By NICK DANFORTH    
THE NEW YORK TIMES - MAY 14, 2016

How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East 
By Robin Wright
THEW NEW YORKER - April 30, 2016 

Don’t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East’s Mess 
by Steven A. Cook    
Council n Foreign Relations - Friday, May 13, 2016

The war within 
Europe and America made mistakes, but the misery of the Arab world is caused mainly by its own failures 
The Economist - May 14th 2016

NON-ORIENTALIST VIEWS

Yes, Let Us Honestly Assess Sykes-Picot’s Ugly Century  
Untangling the complicated legacies of colonialism and failed Arab regimes overshadowing today’s conflicts in the Middle East. 
By Rami G. Khouri 
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs – May 11, 2016

The white 'saviours' of the Arabs
Western fighters have streamed into the Middle East to help 'liberate' Arab countries such as Syria and Libya.   
By Tanya Goudsouzian   
Al-Jazeera - 22 Apr 2014 

Let the Middle East Govern Itself  
Jeffrey D. Sachs 
Project-Syndicate - September 1, 2014  

Iraq, Sykes-Picot and Mr Five Percent 
Calouste Gulbenkian served as midwife of sorts to not only Iraq, but also to the world's major oil corporations.
Ibrahim Al-Marashi
AL-JAZEERA - MAY 15, 2016

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