{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Sykes-Picot Agreement – Part 2: Negotiating in Shadows","description":"Closed doors, lowered voices, and maps spread across polished tables—the Sykes-Picot negotiations were a masterclass in clandestine diplomacy. Every word measured, every promise shadowed by suspicion. What would it take to divide an empire without lighting the fuse of future wars?\r\n\r\nThe year is nineteen fifteen. As the world battles in trenches and deserts, Sir Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot embark on a different campaign. They meet in London, then Paris, always behind a veil of secrecy. Their mission: draw lines that neither the Ottomans nor the Arabs must suspect. For Britain, Sykes is more than a diplomat—he’s a strategist, obsessed with protecting imperial routes and securing oil for the Royal Navy. For France, Picot seeks to reclaim ancient influence in Syria and Lebanon, dreaming of a French Levant. But the stakes are higher than personal ambition. Both men know that a single misstep could fracture the Allied war effort and set off unrest from Cairo to Baghdad.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thetreatyarchive.com/treaty/sykes-picot-agreement","author_name":"The Archive Network"}