Are we approaching the end of the nation state as the universal desired status? I see the Middle East as not being a good fit for the nation state. It seems the religion of the overlords is very important. Thus the Ottomans may have been viewed as oppressive, but not illegitimate. The USA does not truly realize how much we inherited the role of the British in relation to empire. We are seen as the inheritors and beneficiaries of Sykes/Picot even tho we ( Americans) were not in room at the time. There is little we can do because of the legacy of the British. What will evolve is unclear, but something not a nation state is one possiblity