International Politics

[Sman]

A new middle east policy just dropped rn

yah, FUCK the british.

But neither is really saying anything relevant.

What was the ME before the Europeans? Part of the Ottoman empire. And before that? Part of the Caliphate. And before that? Part of the Byzantine empire. And before that? Part of the Roman empire. And you can go on further. It seems to me although the region isn't best structured for nation states, yet it still "worked" for millenia as part of a greater whole even though it wasn't supposed to "work this way".

I am all ears about some kind of new political organization to better serve local populations, but to me, looking at geographic and political realities, this would only be a matter of time before some great power(s) swoop(s) in and force(s) these people to not "work this way" again for decades/centuries to come.