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2 days ago

Trump doesn’t know how to deal with China. His cowardice only makes a war with Taiwan more likely | Simon Tisdall

The US president’s strange mix of weakness and anti-Beijing hostility may be pushing Xi Jinping towards a fateful decision

The belief that bad things come in threes is an old superstition with scant b…

9 days ago

Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option | Simon Tisdall

The US president thought he could impose peace through sheer personality, but he didn’t reckon with two leaders with so much to lose

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin enjoyed a friendly phone chat…

16 days ago

Will we ever see despots like Putin in court? It’s unlikely – and that’s the west’s fault too | Simon Tisdall

The US, UK and others routinely flout international law. That’s why there’s scant hope for a new tribunal on crimes against Ukraine

It’s tempting to hope the establishment last week of a Special Tribu…

23 days ago

Trump thinks he is shaping the Middle East. Instead, it’s Gulf states that will dictate US foreign policy | Simon Tisdall

The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him

Donald Trump is accustomed to getting his own way. That could change ne…

30 days ago

It’s right to remember the dead of 1939-45. But keep the anger about current wars too | Simon Tisdall

Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it?

Victims of Nazi atrocities will be remembered at ceremonies next week marking…

37 days ago

Tyrants like Trump always fall – and we can already predict how he will be dethroned | Simon Tisdall

The US constitution protects incompetence. But don’t underestimate the self-destructive power of the president’s own hubris

Tyrants come to a sticky end, or so history suggests. Richard III and Coriol…

65 days ago

Britain has been paying a high price for Uncle Sam’s craziness. It’s time to turn to Europe | Simon Tisdall | Simon Tisdall

In his final column, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator says America under Trump is not the first time it has caused trouble for allies

America spells trouble for Britain. That’s undoubtedly t…

72 days ago

Donald Trump’s imperial presidency is a throwback to a greedier, pernicious age | Simon Tisdall

His attempts to bully and exploit the weak hark back to an era when the US emulated the worst aspects of the British empire

Donald Trump’s imperial presidency is a tawdry, threadbare affair. The emper…

76 days ago

Netanyahu will never accept peace. Where will his perpetual war lead next? | Simon Tisdall

Israel, backed by a capricious Donald Trump, never intended to honour the ceasefire. These airstrikes mark a dire new phase in the conflict

The first and last rule of Benjamin Netanyahu’s doctrine of …

79 days ago

The honeymoon is over for Trump, whose every unwitting misstep brings chaos and strife | Simon Tisdall

After just a few weeks in the White House, the self-appointed peace-giver has stoked war, accelerated the nuclear arms race and alienated US allies

If Robert K Merton, the founding father of American …

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