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The Latest Articles by Simon Tisdall

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail

The US president won rave reviews in Kyiv and Warsaw. But his old, cold war mindset is out of step with a changing world

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What do Prince Andrew, Kim Jong-un and a Ugandan general have in common?

Dynasties distort open societies and should be resisted - yet succession has become an obsession for political families

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Liz Truss’s delusional speech about China is digging the trenches of a second cold war

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

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Tear down these walls, or get used to a world of fear, separation and division

Europe was made whole in 1989. Now concern about migrant ‘invaders’ is turning the continent, and other global regions, into fortresses

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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

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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

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Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Now Europe must fight Putin too

As Russia threatens another offensive, this is the moment of maximum danger. Ukraine’s allies must move fast and decisively

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Netanyahu is Israel’s own worst enemy. Why won’t western allies confront him?

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

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UK looks clumsy and powerless in wake of Iran’s execution of Alireza Akbari

Culturally insulting language used by Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly will increase tension between the two countries

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Global action is needed to topple Myanmar’s criminal junta boss

From brutal murders and military parades to jailed opponents, Min Aung Hlaing is true to the tyrant’s playbook. The worldwide fight for democracy has to be fought here

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Sport, TV, tech and fashion: what does 2023 have in store for us?

From culture to politics, the cost of living crisis, lifestyle, the environment and science – the next 12 months will bring new stars, trends and challenges. Our experts point the way

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Ukraine is in the headlines now. But a whole new world of conflict is about to erupt

Taiwan, North Korea, Iran and Palestine are all potential flashpoints that could distract western attention from the invasion in 2023

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Good news for the world’s autocrats – EU sleaze is a huge own goal for democracy

Qatargate scandal shows how insider corruption, influence-peddling and money-politics can erode public trust, says Observer columnist Simon Tisdall

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Putin has to escalate to survive. There can be no lasting peace until he falls

German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s vision of restoring the unity the continent had before the invasion of Ukraine cannot be achieved without removing Russia’s president

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In Germany, the tweedy prince is just the latest in a long line of failed putsches

Heinrich and his cronies seem unlikely insurrectionists but their connections run back to Bismarck’s time

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Vive the evolution! Rishi Sunak launches a slow-motion bid to rescue Britain

Ridiculed and pitied abroad, and floundering at home, the new UK prime minister sets out his vision: survival of the weakest, says Observer columnist Simon Tisdall

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Even amid murderous Russian raids, western apathy is Kyiv’s deadliest foe

Putin’s missiles are raining down on Ukrainians, but the biggest danger they face is weakening support from the US and Europe, writes Simon Tisdall

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Troublemaker Trump doesn’t care about a second term – or America. What he craves is attention

Trump says he’s in it to win it in 2024. But all he offers is disruption and division in the service of his ego, not his country, writes Simon Tisdall

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Iran is at war with its own people. Fifa won’t let that spoil their World Cup

By supplying military drones to Russia, the mullahs’ regime is killing at home and away. The national team’s presence in Qatar is sickening and shameful

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The ranting right is winning, from the US to Israel. The left must raise its game

US Democrats and leftwing parties around the world have failed to come up with a compelling narrative to counter the lies and distortions of extremists

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Unseen and underhand: Putin’s hidden hybrid war is trying to break Europe’s heart

From Norwegian pipelines to French ocean floor cables, vital infrastructure is vulnerable to Russian attacks designed to destabilise Europe

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Putin’s lying diplomats make excuses for terror in Ukraine. Expel them all

Diplomacy isn’t working and Putin doesn’t want peace. Western countries should close their embassies and send Russia’s envoys packing

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Let Saudi Arabia’s friendship with Putin be a wake-up call for the west

Prince Mohammed bin Salman can no longer be allowed privileged access to, and support from, western leaders, says the foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Iran’s brave young women must break their own chains. The west won’t help

The uprising against Tehran’s vile regime could fail like those in Hong Kong, Belarus, Egypt and Syria – but this time something feels different

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Think Putin is a global threat? Then we need to talk about Xi Jinping

The Chinese dictator is reversing the reforms of his predecessors

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