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The world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job | Simon Tisdall
America’s record at keeping global order is deeply flawed, but the only winners from its drift towards isolationism will be Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin
Simon Tisdall
26, Mar, 2023 @7:00 AM

Nuclear nightmare: reckless leaders push the world back to the brink | Simon Tisdall
It’s not just Putin or the refusal of the main powers to disarm. Irresponsible regimes in Israel and North Korea are also raising global nuclear tensions
Simon Tisdall
19, Mar, 2023 @6:00 AM

How to break the Xi-Putin axis? Biden must engage with Beijing
Beijing is following Vladimir Putin’s aggressive playbook. The US can counter the march of the autocrats, but only if it stops feeding their paranoia
Simon Tisdall
12, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM

Nato faces an all-out fight with Putin. It must stop pulling punches | Simon Tisdall
Having catastrophically failed to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, the western alliance needs a plan to win the war, writes Simon Tisdall
Simon Tisdall
05, Mar, 2023 @9:00 AM

Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail | Simon Tisdall
The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world
Simon Tisdall
26, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

What Prince Andrew, a Ugandan general and Kim Jong-un have in common | Simon Tisdall
Dynasties distort open societies and should be resisted - yet succession has become an obsession for political families
Simon Tisdall
19, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Liz Truss’s delusional speech about China is digging the trenches of a second cold war | Simon Tisdall
Does she really think Xi’s threats to Taiwan will be stopped by the sabre-rattling of the failed PM of a former colonial power? asks foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
Simon Tisdall
17, Feb, 2023 @9:28 AM

Tear down these walls, or get used to a world of fear, separation and division | Simon Tisdall
Europe was made whole in 1989. Now concern about migrant ‘invaders’ is turning the continent, and other global regions, into fortresses
Simon Tisdall
12, Feb, 2023 @9:00 AM

Turkey’s two-faced ‘sultan’ is no friend of the west. It’s time to play hardball
President Erdoğan’s increasingly hostile stance towards Nato and democratic principles can no longer go unpunished
Simon Tisdall
05, Feb, 2023 @8:00 AM

And Then What? by Catherine Ashton review – frank admissions from the former EU chief diplomat
A candid memoir of a fraught time in office provides a useful record of high level negotiation in Iran and Ukraine
Simon Tisdall
02, Feb, 2023 @11:00 AM

Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight too | Simon Tisdall
As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively
Simon Tisdall
22, Jan, 2023 @8:00 AM

Netanyahu is Israel’s own worst enemy. Why won’t western allies confront him? | Simon Tisdall
The hard-right religious coalition is attacking civil liberties at home and becoming an unreliable partner abroad. Its leader is endangering western support for his country, writes Simon Tisdall
Simon Tisdall
15, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM
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