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Sykes-Picot Agreement
The Post-Colonial Caliphate: Islamic State and the Memory of Sykes-Picot
Ever since Islamic State (ISIS) spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani announced the establishment of a caliphate on June 29, 2014, analysts have been busy trying to explain its aims and origins.
The Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Making of the Modern Middle East
The Sykes-Picot Agreement created the modern Middle East.
What Is the 100-Year-Old Sykes-Picot Agreement?
The Sykes-Picot accord was conceived at a high point in Britain and France’s imperial power. Hammered out in the midst of World War I in anticipation of an Entente victory over the Central Powers, it was concerned with distributing the territorial spoils of Ottoman defeat.
