Alex Thomson
Syria: chemical weapons plan is a success… at buying time
The plan to hand Syria’s weapons over to international control has no chance of success, but it has achieved one thing – buying global leaders some time.
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Alex Thomson
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Lindsey Hilsum
For Russia, injustice and cruelty in Syria is better than instability
One reason why Russia opposes US intervention in Syria is that it could make a bad situation worse. And from a Russian viewpoint, instability is a far greater worry than injustice or cruelty.
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Jonathan Rugman
Syria's lesson is that exhaustive diplomacy must precede force
Why have all the powers involved in trying to resolve the Syria crisis – the US, Russia, France and Britain – so singularly failed to exhaust diplomatic avenues to avoid conflict?
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Jon Snow
Syria debate: a dangerous moment in history
The stakes have never been higher, as congress starts one of the most contentious debates in modern world history – whether or not to strike Syria.
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Jonathan Miller
Syria debate: the end of ‘Team America’ global policing?
Congress convenes to debate the US response to Syria, in what will be a definitive moment in the history of America’s role as the world’s police force.
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Jon Snow
How democracy stopped the UK entering the Syria conflict
Democracy means the UK will not be entering the Syrian conflict – does this mean a new way forward for the Uk and its politics?
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Gary Gibbon
Parliament likely to back limited military strikes on Syria
The recall of the House of Commons to debate Syria on Thursday suggests that US-led military action is scheduled to happen before the beginning of next week.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Western capitals poised to intervene on Syria – but how?
Pressure is mounting on the US to act if the UN finds that the “red line” of chemical weapons has been crossed – and President Obama does not want Syria to become his Rwanda.
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Matt Frei
Good year for guns in America
As a jury acquits George Zimmerman of the killing of black teenager Trayvon Martin, Matt Frei explores a good year for the gun in “shoot first, ask later” America.
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Lindsey Hilsum
Why Syria’s conflict is turning from a just war into a cold war
Countries justify their involvement in conflict by claiming they are fighting a “just war”. But the moral struggle in Syria may be morphing into a power play between the west and Russia.
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Matt Frei
Obama opts for ‘intervention lite’
President Obama has reconsidered his stance on Syria. That decision comes from more than just the crossing of a red line.
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Matt Frei
Big weather fuels big faith in Oklahoma
The more severe weather stories I cover in the US the more I realise how much big weather fuels big faith here, writes Washington Correspondent Matt Frei from Oklahoma City.
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Matt Frei
Can new US-Russian entente affect Syria policy?
The fallout from the Boston Marathon bombing has been a new line of communication between Russia and the USA. But can it help bring a diplomatic push to end the Syria crisis?
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Matt Frei
Second-term Obama – lame duck or lifeless cicada?
You can compare President Obama’s second term with the fate of the cicada swarms that hit Washington in May: a lot of preparation, but within weeks the frenzy has gone.
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Jon Snow
America the mad?
Is the US being held hostage by a gun lobby with no limits? In the wake of last week’s Boston violence, it’s a question we must ask.