The political order that prevailed in the Middle East for centuries came to an end after the First World War. The victors of the war designed the region according to their own priorities. Two British authors, David Fromkin and James Barr, have published two different books that provide details on how the Middle East was shaped after the First World War. The title of David
The UN and Nato, designed for a unipolar or bipolar world, are ill-equipped to deal with the realities of the emerging multilateralism. We need new institutions if we are to avert disaster