The Sykes-Picot Agreement And Russia

... Arab people. It was signed on May 16, 1916. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser Igor Ivanov: Is a Collective Security System Possible in the Middle East? This year saw the centenary of the Agreement, which prompted debates in many countries linking the events of World War I to the crisis that has befallen the Middle East region today. The thesis about the “collapse of the Sykes-Picot system”, which established borders that ignored the historical, geographical and demographic realities of the region, gained currency. It is often forgotten that the ...