<i>Simon Tisdall</i>: Allegations that Syria sold missiles to Hezbollah may not pose a direct security threat but will revive tensions with Israel.
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/ 11 January 2010
The US risks becoming embroiled in yet another foreign war that it cannot win if it intervenes in the politically fragile Gulf state.
Aid agencies fear that the forthcoming elections may reignite civil war if Sudan’s underlying problems aren’t addressed
Barack Obama’s inauguration provided hope in a period marked by war, terror, nuclear fears and climate change anticlimax.
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/ 2 November 2009
With the UN’s reputation in tatters and Washington in denial over Abdullah’s exit, Obama must turn this round or look like a loser.
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/ 30 October 2009
New terror tactics in Iraq are aimed at the squabbling fledgling state.
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/ 27 October 2009
As the regime makes tentative steps to re-engage, Western governments must be careful not to undermine the Burmese people.
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/ 20 October 2009
To avoid disaster in the region, the US president must shift to a ”hugs not slugs” policy on Sudan, but fast results will be expected.
Tougher sanctions on Iran are unlikely, despite compelling reports that the country has an underground uranium enrichment plant.
United States hawks are circling as enthusiasm for sanctions on Iran fails to materialise either among its neighbours or in China and Russia.