INSANE: Simon tisdall - The Real Truth

Donald Trump’s power is on the wane. What next for Russia, Israel – and the rest of us?

With the global tide turning against him, the US president’s lame duck status could still aggravate old tensions and spark new explosions, says Guardian columnist Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8

Trump is in a corner and likely to lash out at Iran again. Here’s how to avert that disaster

Once the midterms are over, Trump will be free to pursue vendetta politics. But with will and diplomacy, he can be reined in, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Oct 28

Donald Trump has sold out Ukraine. He makes appeaser Chamberlain look like a man of iron principle

Europe’s leaders can no longer trust a word that comes out of Washington. No more slaps on the wrist – we need concrete steps to punish Trump, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Oct 22

President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip

Ever the strategist, the Chinese leader is taking the offensive, both abroad and at home. That’s bad news for global order, and minorities in his country, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Aug 8

Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes

The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2

From the strait of Hormuz to the North Sea, a global maritime war rages around us – and more than the price of oil is at stake

The collapse of the rules-based order is not confined to the land: we’re imperilled as centuries of maritime cooperation sink beneath the waves, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26

Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction

As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18

The World Cup has upended the old world order – and despite Trump and Infantino, it still inspires

Even White House interference and Fifa’s greed cannot spoil the celebrations. At last, an arena in which multiculturalism triumphs and underdogs score, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11

The immorality of world leaders is contagious. Thank heavens for the pope

In a political wasteland dominated by billionaires, war criminals and mega-corporations, the head of the Catholic church is a rare figure of moral leadership, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5

Trump may survive the humiliation of the Iran deal. Netanyahu will not

What has the Israeli PM’s whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him – and an emboldened Iran, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21