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Sykes-Picot at 100

One hundred years after the division of the Middle East, the effects of the Sykes-Picot agreement are still playing out across the region.

by Joseph Bahout, Steven Cook, Shadi Hamid, Rachel Havrelock, Emad Shahin, and Galip Dalay

published by

Foreign Affairs

on June 3, 2016

Source: Foreign Affairs

The Sykes-Picot agreement that divided the Middle East one hundred years ago has profoundly impacted the political history and trajectory of the modern Middle East. Speaking with Foreign Affairs, Carnegie's Joseph Bahout assessed the consequences of this historic agreement.

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Sykes-Picot at 100

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