HISTORICAL FACTS: 9 - Caught on Camera

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

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2023

Outdated and out of time: Biden’s crusade for global democracy is doomed to fail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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023