Some national borders are determined by natural phenomena like seas, mountains and rivers. Most, however, are created by ...

Or is every bomb dropped, every missile launched, every bullet fired at children by Israel’s snipers, every threat to commit ...

This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway across the globe. Some of the more well-known examples include disputes between Ukraine and Russia, Taiwan and China, and India and ...

This principle is exemplified by the importance of the Golan Heights and Mount Hermon. Israel cannot allow its enemies to ...

The Balkan Wars (1912-1913) proved that the Megali Idea—the nationalist concept and goal to expand the Greek state to include all ethnic Greeks and historically Greek territories—was a tangible dream.

On the other hand, when we turn away from this perspective, as seen in AI and machine learning, we fall back into the computational blind spot, confusing the map with the territory. A bird needs ...

It’s been six weeks since rebels captured the capital Damascus and Bashar al-Assad left the country. We turn to the voices of those who’ve lived through the 13-year conflict and ask what a ...