美蒙军演 强化两军关系

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(1) 美蒙军演 强化两军关系. VOA Chinese, Aug 8, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 130808/1726261.html
(美国亚洲再平衡战略注重建立军事同盟)


(2) 里奇韦尔, 专家：中东地图可能重新划界. VOA Chinese, Aug 8, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/conten ... 130808/1726306.html

, which is translated from

Henry Ridgwell, Analysts: Arab Uprisings Could Redraw Middle East Map. VOA Fanti, Aug 8, 2013
http://www.voafanti.com/gate/big ... ntview/1725864.html

Note:
(a) "Even before the guns fell silent, Britain and France agreed to carve up Ottoman lands, including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine. That was key to understanding the modern Middle East said Michael Clarke, head of the Royal United Services Institute in London. 'The Arab world as we know it was established effectively in 1916 by the British and the French in the Sykes-Picot agreement'  
(i) Royal United Services Institute
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_United_Services_Institute
(a British defence and security think tank)
(ii) Sykes-Picot Agreement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes-Picot_Agreement

Read introduction ONLY, because map captions are not helpful, about what the colors tell.
(iii) The Sykes-Picot Agreement. BBC, Nov 29, 2001.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_de ... cuments/1681362.stm