Greater Middle East Initiative (GME) - collection of articles

This collection was updated 6/25/2014 because many of the original articles listed no longer exist online.  All of the currently listed articles were available as of 6/25/2014.

40 maps that explain the Middle East http://www.vox.com/a/maps-explain-the-middle-east

Bush’s Middle East Initiative http://www.dawn.com/news/1065674/dawn-editorial-01-march-2004

Gertrude of Arabia, the Woman Who Invented Iraq http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/17/gertrude-of-arabia-the-woman-who-invented-iraq.html

The Great Deception and the Greater Middle East Initiative http://www.bahrainviews.com/?p=6726

The Great Game in Asia  
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/33619/david-fromkin/the-great-game-in-asia

The Greater Middle East initiative, —Ahmad Faruqui http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/editorial/02-Mar-2004/op-ed-the-greater-middle-east-initiative-ahmad-faruqui

GME Initiative, Nasim Zehra http://usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/5616/

Greater Middle East Initiative Report http://americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2004/06/28/846/greater-middle-east-initiative/

The GME Initiative: Off to a False Start, Marina Ottaway & Thomas Carothers http://carnegieendowment.org/files/Policybrief29.pdf

The GME Initiative and Turkey: the AKP’s perspective http://www.academia.edu/264984/THE_GREATER_MIDDLE_EAST_INITIATIVE_AND_TURKEY_THE_AKPS_PERSPECTIVE

How ISIS Is Tearing Up The Century-old Map Of The Middle East http://www.mintpressnews.com/how-isis-is-tearing-up-the-century-old-map-of-the-middle-east/192553/

How the British Screwed Up the Middle East, in 10 Classic Cartoons http://mic.com/articles/91071/how-the-british-screwed-up-the-middle-east-in-10-classic-cartoons?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social

Is this the end of Sykes-Picot? (Iraq & Syrian wars) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/05/20/is-this-the-end-of-sykes-picot/

The New U.S. Proposal for a Greater Middle East Initiative: An Evaluation, Tamara Cofman Wittes http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2004/05/10middleeast-wittes

Plans for Redrawing the Middle East: The Project for a “New Middle East”, Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya http://www.globalresearch.ca/plans-for-redrawing-the-middle-east-the-project-for-a-new-middle-east/3882

Sykes-Picot Agreement by Britain and France May 19, 1916 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-and-france-conclude-sykes-picot-agreement

Sykes-Picot Agreement and the Balfour Declaration https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/euro-hist/middle-east-20th-century/v/sykes-picot-agreement-and-the-balfour-declaration

Sykes-Picot drew Middle East’s arbitrary borders (ISIS) http://www.dw.de/sykes-picot-drew-middle-easts-arbitrary-borders/a-17734768

Syria and the New Great Divide in the Greater Middle East, Juan Cole http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/syria-and-the-new-great-divide-in-the-greater-middle-east.html

Syria, Turkey, Israel and the Greater Middle East Energy War, William Engdahl http://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-turkey-israel-and-the-greater-middle-east-energy-war/5307902

What Is Going on in the Middle East? A Pragmatic Point of View http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/05/31/what-is-going-on-in-the-middle-east-a-pragmatic-point-of-view/

Why border lines drawn with a ruler in WW1 still rock the Middle East Sykes Picot Agreement) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-25299553

Why the Middle East’s borders will never be the same again http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/20/opinion/middle-east-borders-redrawn/