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Trump and Putin are carrying out a pincer movement on Europe’s democracies. Suddenly, it all feels a bit 1939

Forget the US president’s seeming volte-face on Ukraine this week: he and Putin fundamentally agree that European liberal democracy is the problem, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Look to Myanmar for a terrifying vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power

The brutality and repression there highlight the failings of a dysfunctional world order. Unless we do better, this is the future, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Trump is no ‘strongman’ when it comes to Russia or Israel. If other democracies don’t step up, anarchy awaits

Putin and Netanyahu are creating chaos in the vacuum left by a weak US president. But there are still ways to foil them, says Guardian commentator Simon Tisdall

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One by one, leaders learn that grovelling to Trump leads to disaster. When will it dawn on Starmer?

As the US president’s state visit looms, he’s leaving a trail of broken promises across the globe. Britain can’t afford to look like a lackey state, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart

The three-way partnership on show in Beijing is united in opposition to US hegemony and a western-dominated financial system, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition?

The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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The US attacks on Iran have backfired horribly – but a path to peace is still possible

Executions by a vengeful regime in Tehran are soaring. The west must pursue a different strategy, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Global moral consensus is just wishful thinking

Letters: Alex Watson writes that moralising over Putin and Netanyahu is nothing without enforceable law, while Ravishankar Kalyanasundaram says the ‘rules-based international order’ was curated by the west

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Dear Keir Starmer, stop cosying up to Donald Trump – or he’ll drag Britain down with him

Why is the prime minister chasing after Trump in Scotland? His time would be better spent planning for a world beyond the ‘special relationship’, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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From Gaza to Ukraine, peace always seems just out of reach – and the reason isn’t only political

Murdering and massacring innocents is indefensible. So why on earth is it allowed to continue? The answer is moral relativism, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question – and it must be answered urgently

Europe offers platitudes, Trump dithers, and Ukraine and its extraordinary people stand on the brink. Nato must step up, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Don’t count on the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasting. What Netanyahu really wants is a forever war

Like Putin, Israel’s prime minister sees continuing destruction as an opportunity to boost support and outflank his enemies, says Guardian columnist Simon Tisdall

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No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war – and there will be profound and lasting consequences

Trump has fallen slap bang into the trap laid for him by Netanyahu. His reckless gamble makes a nuclear weapon for Iran more, not less, likely, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Nuclear non-proliferation is a failure in the Middle East

Letters: Unless Israel is open about its nuclear weapons and joins the non-proliferation treaty, Iran will one day have the bomb, writes Corrado Pirzio-Biroli. Plus, letters by Hubert Cassel, Dr Anthony Isaacs and Randhir Singh Bains

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Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei – three angry old men who could get us all killed

Whether inept, driven by survival or corrupt, they are unfit to lead their countries, let alone make decisions that imperil the whole world, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Britain has escalated the global nuclear arms race – and is bringing us closer to armageddon

The UK’s strategic defence review plans to normalise nuclear weapons. Don’t believe the PR hype: they are immoral, irrational and catastrophic, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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

The US president’s strange mix of weakness and anti-Beijing hostility may be pushing Xi Jinping towards a fateful decision, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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

The US president thought he could impose peace through sheer personality, but he didn’t reckon with two leaders with so much to lose, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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

The US, UK and others routinely flout international law. That’s why there’s scant hope for a new tribunal on crimes against Ukraine, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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

The US president travels to meet the region’s leaders facing an uncomfortable reality: he may need them more than they need him, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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This VE Day, ‘never again’ has never rung so hollow

Letters: On the anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, JK Forster-Walmsley says a weariness seems to have set in about current conflicts, especially Gaza. Plus letters from Adrian Hackford, Bill McMellon, Anne Maclennan and Nizam Uddin

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

Around the globe, conflict is spreading – but it’s too often going ignored. Are we simply overwhelmed by the scale of it, asks Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Ruffling feathers on the allotment

Brief letters: Problem pigeons | Tyrants rule | Cheap pints and coffees | Cliff Richard | Digital help

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

The US constitution protects incompetence. But don’t underestimate the self-destructive power of the president’s own hubris, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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A note of thanks to Simon Tisdall

In his last Observer column, he outlined an interesting proposition for the UK – a unified Europe rejuvenated by the new world era of Donald Trump

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