How do you do it differently?
Which new states spring into being? Which states are scrapped? Who gets boundries moved?
My list
Main Goal: Break larger nations up, into smaller more defendable united nations.
#1 Kurdistan: Chopping off bits of Northern Iraq/Syria, Western Iran, and Southern Turkey, I split this new nation off right here.
#2 Israel Modern borders maybe split the Golan heights to make it costly for Israel or Syria to move. Give them Gaza and Jerusalem to start. more defendable position.
#3 Turn Lebanon into Southern Lebanon, giving it mainly the Christian areas.
#4 Adding the coastal cities of Syria and Northern Lebanon and their Shiite/Christian population to a new Levant based nation, leaving Syria as a Damascus Sunnii based nation.
#5 Create a greater Armenia out of a portion of Eastern Turkey.
#6 Create Istanbul as a International city and give Greece the European section of Turkey.
#7 Add the Druze section of Southern Syria to Jordan.
#8 Create a Sunnii nation out of South East Iran.
#9 Create a Greek speaking nation out of Western Turkey.
#10 Create a Cirassian homeland in Northern Turkey.
Any other ideas for creating a more peaceful Middle East?
Critiques of my ideas?
Not to mention the whole problem of a weakened Turkey is a weaker buffer to USSR post 1945.
Obviously any attempt now to fix borders are way too late. But Prior to 1918 there were no real borders.
Resources:
http://joshberer.files.wordpress.com...uistic-map.jpg
http://mappery.com/maps/Middle-East-...sition-Map.jpg
Which new states spring into being? Which states are scrapped? Who gets boundries moved?
My list
Main Goal: Break larger nations up, into smaller more defendable united nations.
#1 Kurdistan: Chopping off bits of Northern Iraq/Syria, Western Iran, and Southern Turkey, I split this new nation off right here.
#2 Israel Modern borders maybe split the Golan heights to make it costly for Israel or Syria to move. Give them Gaza and Jerusalem to start. more defendable position.
#3 Turn Lebanon into Southern Lebanon, giving it mainly the Christian areas.
#4 Adding the coastal cities of Syria and Northern Lebanon and their Shiite/Christian population to a new Levant based nation, leaving Syria as a Damascus Sunnii based nation.
#5 Create a greater Armenia out of a portion of Eastern Turkey.
#6 Create Istanbul as a International city and give Greece the European section of Turkey.
#7 Add the Druze section of Southern Syria to Jordan.
#8 Create a Sunnii nation out of South East Iran.
#9 Create a Greek speaking nation out of Western Turkey.
#10 Create a Cirassian homeland in Northern Turkey.
Any other ideas for creating a more peaceful Middle East?
Critiques of my ideas?
Not to mention the whole problem of a weakened Turkey is a weaker buffer to USSR post 1945.
Obviously any attempt now to fix borders are way too late. But Prior to 1918 there were no real borders.
Resources:
http://joshberer.files.wordpress.com...uistic-map.jpg
http://mappery.com/maps/Middle-East-...sition-Map.jpg
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