{"id":13290,"date":"2016-05-13T15:53:51","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=13290"},"modified":"2016-05-13T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T19:53:51","slug":"dont-blame-sykes-picot-for-the-middle-easts-mess-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/13\/dont-blame-sykes-picot-for-the-middle-easts-mess-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East\u2019s Mess | Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/05\/13\/sykes-picot-isnt-whats-wrong-with-the-modern-middle-east-100-years\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/sp1.jpg?w=525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Steven A. Cook, Amr T. Leheta:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The weaknesses and contradictions of authoritarian regimes are at the heart of the Middle East\u2019s ongoing tribulations. Even the rampant ethnic and religious sectarianism is a result of this authoritarianism, which has come to define the Middle East\u2019s state system far more than the Sykes-Picot agreement ever did.<\/p>\n<p>The region\u2019s \u201cunnatural\u201d borders did not lead to the Middle East\u2019s ethnic and religious divisions. The ones to blame are the cynical political leaders who foster those divisions in hopes of maintaining their rule. In Iraq, for instance, Saddam Hussein built a patronage system through his ruling Baath Party that empowered a state governed largely by Sunnis at the expense of Shiites and Kurds. Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and his father before him, also ruled by building a network of supporters and affiliates whereby members of his Alawite sect enjoyed a privileged space in the inner circle. The Wahhabi worldview of Saudi Arabia\u2019s leaders strongly encourages a sectarian interpretation of the country\u2019s struggle with Iran for regional hegemony. The same is true for the ideologies of the various Salafi-jihadi groups battling for supremacy in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen&#8230;..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2016\/05\/13\/sykes-picot-isnt-whats-wrong-with-the-modern-middle-east-100-years\/\">Don\u2019t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East\u2019s Mess | Foreign Policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Steven A. Cook, Amr T. Leheta: The weaknesses and contradictions of authoritarian regimes are at the heart of the Middle East\u2019s ongoing tribulations. Even the rampant ethnic and religious sectarianism is a result of this authoritarianism, which has come to define the Middle East\u2019s state system far more than the Sykes-Picot agreement ever did. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/13\/dont-blame-sykes-picot-for-the-middle-easts-mess-foreign-policy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Don\u2019t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East\u2019s Mess | Foreign Policy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-middle-east","category-the-big-picture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East\u2019s Mess | Foreign Policy - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t Blame Sykes-Picot for the Middle East\u2019s Mess | Foreign Policy - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Steven A. 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