Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough

Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.

Paul McGeough

Obama changes course between courses

Paul McGeough For a time there, it looked like business as usual in the Middle East.

Paul McGeough

Rash Israel lights Arab Spring powder keg

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Paul McGeough The Middle East this week? Think Colorado in July and the movie megaplex massacre.

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Assad's Alawites run out of options

Paul McGeough The dilemma for Syria's Alawites is acute. Do they go off a cliff with Bashar al-Assad, or can they retreat to safe ground?

Paul McGeough

Why Obama faces a hopeless war in Syria

Paul McGeough ''Sensible'' doesn't cut it when women and children are being murdered on YouTube.

Paul McGeough

Egyptian generals let Arab Spring wilt

Paul McGeough The jig was up in Cairo when Barack Obama coughed up to the generals a cool $1.5 billion.

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Postage stamp nation as global ringmaster

Paul McGeough The word ''bluff'' gets an outing in analysis these days. Is Benjamin Netanyahu bluffing about an attack on Iran?