Last June, the columnist Ralph Peters published the article “Blood Borders” in the Armed Forces Journal. Read it: he makes a provocative case for redrawing the map.
The article caused quite a storm, especially in Turkey and Pakistan. Here is one (Turkish) response , and Peters’ reply to it. And here’s another strong rejoinder by the veteran Middle East correspondent for Newsweek, Christopher Dickey–please read.
The map drawn by Peters cuts up various countries, but it’s perhaps most relevant not for Turkey and Pakistan, but for Iran. Read this article on the ethnic divisions that afflict the country.
Finally, have a look at this very interesting exercise in drawing a kind of political flow-chart map of the Middle East.