Balkanised Middle East
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International boundaries are never entirely fair. But the level of unfairness they force upon those whom barriers bind together or separate creates a tremendous difference.
The Middle East has the most irrational and distorted frontiers in the world.

How would a better Middle East look?
Who wins?
– Afghanistan (gains area from Pakistan)
– Azerbaijan (gains land from Iran)
– Iran (gains area from Afghanistan, Iran became more Persian.)
– Jordan (gains area from Saudi Arabia)
– Lebanon (gains territory from Syria, thalassocratic state Phoenicia will be reborn)
– Yemen (gains land from Saudi Arabia)
– New states will be formed: Free Baluchistan (country for the Baluch people), Free Kurdistan (state for Kurds), Arab Shia State,
Islamic Sacred State, Sunni Iraq, The Islamic Sacred State (“Islamic Vatican”).
Who loses?
– Afghanistan (loses territory to Iran)
– Iran (lose’s land to Kurdistan, Arab Shia State, Azerbaijan, Sunni Iraq, and Free Baluchistan)
– Iraq (lose territory to form a new states: Free Kurdistan, Arab Shia State, and Sunni Iraq)
– Israel (restoring to its pre-1967 frontiers)
– Pakistan (loses area to Afghanistan and new state Free Baluchistan)
– Saudi Arabia (loses territory to Jordan, Arab Shia State, Yemen, and the Islamic Sacred State)
– Syria (lose land to create a new country Free Kurdistan)
– Turkey (lose area to form a new state Free Kurdistan)
– United Arab Emirates (loses territory to Arab Shia State)
Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar would retain its current borders.
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– Former states in Asia (1860 – 2018)