Simon Tisdall
Simon Tisdall is an assistant editor of the Guardian and a foreign affairs columnist. He was previously a foreign leader writer for the paper and has also served as its foreign editor and its US editor, based in Washington DC. He was the Observer's foreign editor from 1996-98
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Mariano Rajoy has played a tough hand well, but Carles Puigdemont could yet emerge as a champion of European renewal
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When water engulfed Texas and Louisiana, it made headlines worldwide. But what of the extreme flooding in south Asia – is there a hierarchy of suffering?
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Accused of not doing enough to curb persecution of Rohingya Muslims, the Burmese leader may be hoping divine intervention can win her breathing space
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Open-ended commitment to send in more troops leaves US and allies without clear mission in middle of worsening conflict
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Thanks to Trump, America’s worldwide authority is shot, or nearly so. This great country deserves better, writes Simon Tisdall
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With thousands of people marooned in Greece, Serbia and Italy, Europe is split down the middle about how to deal with the influx of migrants
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan planned to stress perils nation faced to justify crackdown but mass rally has reinvigorated opposition
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Trump will crow about imminent victory but overcoming sectarian fault lines and the jihadists’ warped ideology will be more difficult
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The balance of power is changing as US influence declines. Amid a nuclear crisis and a fractious G20 summit in Hamburg, who will win the struggle for succession?
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The president is laying down crude reminders before his meeting with Xi, but Beijing tends to react badly to bullying
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The Kurds of Iraq have been loyal allies. The west must repay its debt