Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Alistair Lyon
The United States looks short of Iran options. Even President Barack Obama acknowledges that new sanctions might fail, but has not laid out another plan. Iran, which has had stormy ties with Washington since its 1979 ...

Monday, February 23, 2009
Alistair Lyon
Saudi Arabia is the world’s top oil exporter and cradle of Islam, but does not always punch its weight in the Middle East, where Islamist groups like Hamas and Hizbullah enjoy more popular appeal than any Arab government. ...

Friday, November 28, 2008
Alistair Lyon
Israel inadvertently galvanised an international campaign to ban cluster munitions by hastily raining bomblets over south Lebanon before a UN-agreed halt to its 2006 war with Hizbullah fighters could take effect. “It was ...

Thursday, July 31, 2008
Alistair Lyon
Sturdy cedars perched high in the mountains stand for many Lebanese as symbols of their fractured land’s survival. But some environmentalists worry that the trees face a new threat from global warming. “The biggest challenge ...