> the idea that a country is primarily a country for X is hugely problematic and racist in many parts of the world

That’s true in some parts of the world. But the opposite idea — that the people who’ve lived somewhere for thousands of years have no moral claim to their inheritance over the people who just arrived — has been equally destructive in other parts.

> one of the legacies of colonialism is the Middle East and Africa being carved up in lines that didn’t match the underlying cultural groups.

That’s a bad thing, is it? Is diversity not their strength?