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The Latest Articles by Simon Tisdall

Putin and Xi are the Laurel and Hardy of statesmen – but it’s no laughing matter

China’s paramount leader, like his Russian counterpart, is making a fine mess of his country’s economy and world standing

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Putin has become a global bogeyman. Russians must exorcise this ghoul

Accursed, ostracised but heedless of the misery he causes, this accused war criminal is dragging his people into a moral abyss

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Can Europe’s marauding far right be slain? Spain’s voters hold the answer

Prime minister Pedro Sánchez gambled on a snap election. If he loses, the heirs of the age of Franco could be back in power for the first time in nearly 50 years

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Defeat for Ukraine would be a global disaster. Nato must finally step in to stop Russia

European allies are split over when to offer Nato membership to Kyiv. The bigger question is: are they doing enough now to help Ukraine?Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates

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Netanyahu’s attack on Jenin shows weakness. The Palestinians are weak too – and therein lies the danger

It is too early to know if a third intifada will follow this incursion or a wider conflict. But the signs are not good, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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China, Myanmar and now Darfur ... the horror of genocide is here again

Each time it happens, the world insists: ‘never again’. But the political and moral blindspots that allow these atrocities will persist until the lessons of history are learned

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Amid the battle of Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, a new global order struggles to take shape

While the US and China vie for supremacy, smaller countries, championed by Barbados PM Mia Mottley, are speaking out on key challenges of climate, poverty and migration

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Time’s up for Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi – but the damage they have caused lives on

Trump, Johnson and Berlusconi are the stars of rightwing populist melodramas. Real people with real-world problems are more deserving of attention

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Kyiv reports advances as UK says Russian lines breached in some areas – as it happened

UK Ministry of Defence says Ukraine has ‘likely made good progress’ in some areas but that progress is ‘slower’ in others

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Impunity is Putin’s middle name. Now he must pay for his crimes

The monster in the Kremlin was surely behind the Ukraine dam explosion. Nato allies have to stop him before he blows up everything

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The Myanmar junta kills … and the rest of the world looks away

Since the coup in 2021 the carnage has been unceasing, meanwhile Russia and China continue to send weapons

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Europe’s lurch to the right rolls on. Only unity on the left can stop it

Recent polls in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey and Finland tell the story of voters swayed by fear and prejudice. Progressive parties – take note Keir Starmer – need a clear, principled agenda to turn that tide

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The moment has arrived: Biden must give Ukraine all it needs to win

It’s Zelenskiy who is setting the pace diplomatically and strategically. The US must end the prevaricating that may have needlessly prolonged the war

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The uncounted: how millions died unseen in America’s post-9/11 wars

A new report puts the loss of life from Afghanistan to Yemen at 4.5 million – the bulk of them poor women and children who are victims of economic collapse and continuing trauma

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More than 300,000 Syrian civilians died. Any attempt to rehabilitate Assad is utterly shameful

The return to the Arab fold of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is deeply shameful, and that shame should be shared by the US and its allies

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In new battle for the Pacific, US and China force regional states to take sides

Xi Jinping’s aggressive stance and ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacy drive the Philippines and other vulnerable countries into Washington’s arms

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Veep hunting season has opened. But Kamala Harris is in with a shot at the presidency

Republicans are already targeting Biden’s vice-president with attack ads. The 2024 election race is her chance to show she’s a winner – and the conventional wisdom is wrong

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Truce or a bloody stalemate? It all rides on Ukraine’s spring offensive

Volodymyr Zelenskiy may be forced to accept an unpalatable compromise, however well his troops do on the battlefield, writes foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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When Macron met Xi: welcome to the new world disorder

China’s leader is gathering autocratic regimes to his banner, Europe and the US are divided over how to respond, and the French president just lobbed a grenade onto the field of international diplomacy

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It’s the Donald J Trump Show … and the world’s tyrants are its biggest fans

High farce in a Manhattan courtroom has left America’s friends and foes wondering if the US has lost the plot

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War in Taiwan will dwarf Ukraine unless the US shows China its teeth

Putin thought he could get away with his invasion. Xi Jinping must be deterred from making a similarly fatal miscalculation

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The world still needs a policeman. Let’s hope the US doesn’t quit the job

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

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Nuclear nightmare: reckless leaders are pushing the world back to the brink

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

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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

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Nato faces an all-out fight with Putin. It must stop pulling its punches

Having catastrophically failed to deter Russian aggression in Ukraine, the western alliance needs a plan to win the war, writes Simon Tisdall

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