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The Latest Articles by Simon Tisdall

Night of bombing in south Beirut – as it happened

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In their inhumanity, conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine offer a shared, brutal vision of the future of war

By acting with impunity and tearing up the rulebooks, warmonger leaders are setting an alarming precedent

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Netanyahu’s lethal bombs will turn Lebanon into another Gaza. He must be brought down now

The Israeli leader needs forever wars to keep himself in power. Innocent lives just don’t matter, says Simon Tisdall, the foreign affairs commentator of the Observer

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Xi Jinping’s ‘gunboat diplomacy’ risks driving his bullied neighbours into enemy hands

Chinese aggression in the South China Sea forcing countries such as Japan to increase defences and talk up an ‘Asian Nato’

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The world should breathe a sigh of relief that Donald Trump wasn’t harmed in Florida

The former president’s sudden passing would create an unprecedented, certainly unpredictable and possibly anarchic political vacuum, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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In an unheroic age, Putin, Trump and Netanyahu are sick parodies of great men

These successors to Stalin, Hitler and Mao are the ones making history in an unhappy, warring world

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With Israel’s attack on Lebanon, the prospect of peace is moving even further out of reach

Both Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar gain from stoking the fires of war, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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China’s deadly divide-and-rule tactics in Myanmar risk shock waves across region

Far from acting as a broker, Beijing is playing both sides in a state torn by brutality and chaos

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New wars, old wars, famine, panic everywhere. So much for a quiet August

From Bangladesh to Venzuela, one calamity rapidly overtakes another, but common denominators include poverty, corruption and lack of hope

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Hamas’s leader is dead, Iran vows revenge: can anything stop all-out war in the Middle East?

The assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran humiliated Iran’s leaders, dashed hopes of a ceasefire and left the heavily armed nations of the Middle East moving inexorably closer to an all-out war they all claim not to want

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Israel has all but declared war in the Middle East – a conflict it cannot hope to win

The killing of Hamas’s political leader has raised tensions yet again. Only a ceasefire in Gaza offers any prospect of peace, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK

Last Tango in Washington: how sad, sidelined Joe Biden may yet have the last laugh

Far from being a lame duck, the president can use his time in office to champion US democracy and tackle unfinished business abroad

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The post-Biden era may be uncertain for the Democrats, but for Trump it will be utterly dismaying

Whoever wins the nomination, a fresh choice will be on offer – a far better scenario than a grudge match between two grumpy old men, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

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Pity US voters their choice of leaders. Surely democracy is better than this?

Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s failings put a focus on their understudies, but in JD Vance and Kamala Harris there’s precious little to cheer

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Nato should stop seeking new foes and face its main enemy – Moscow

The 75-year alliance is at a perilous crux after a summit that failed to deliver for Kyiv or confront the threat Putin poses to Europe’s east

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America’s big problem is not Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Trump

The presidential debate was further proof of the fragility of the country’s constitution. Radical reform is crucial, whoever wins in November

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The Middle East is drifting leaderless to catastrophe. War is just an airstrike away

From Netanyahu to Nasrallah, the region’s politicians are flailing. Will no one stop the lunacy?

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Putin and Kim are the odd couple with a dual mission – cementing a new world order

Kim enjoys the recognition. Putin’s war, meanwhile needs North Korean weapons. It’s a dangerous alliance, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s Foreign Affairs Commentator

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Rising violence against politicians is an attack on democracy itself

Seemingly random assaults in Britain and other parts of Europe are coming from left and right

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Does Labour’s manifesto deliver what the country needs? Our panel’s verdict

Our experts previously revealed what pledges they wanted to see from Keir Starmer in The manifesto Britain needs. Are they impressed by the real thing?

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In thrall to Viktor Orbán and the hard right, Europe is facing its moment of truth

With nationalists set for EU election gains, now is not the time for Hungary’s pro-Putin Europhobic leader to take the helm

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Whatever happens next, the Donald Trump effect will continue to stain politics the world over

Whether he ends up in prison or the White House – or both – the former president and felon will remain a malign hero to populists everywhere

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By attacking and undermining the ICC, Israel has proved again it is a state gone rogue

Benjamin Netanyahu and his associates are already doubling down against these allegations. They must be made to answer them, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Call to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes exposes the west’s moral doublethink

US and Britain condemn Hamas and Putin, yet balk at attempts to hold Israel’s leaders to account. But no one should be above the law

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Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for?

The military alliance is turning 75. But there’s little to celebrate in Kyiv, as Putin’s forces continue their bloody advance

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