after World War I to advance their empires’ economic and political interests. They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since.

With tensions continuing to escalate in the Middle East, the United States government has now warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon. The crisis in the region has been intensifying since the ...

The Middle East is an artificial construct created by British and French diplomats after World War I, and the recent collapse ...