UNCOVERED: 5 - Caught on Camera

Putin’s lethally negligent failure can’t be covered up. The Moscow attack leaves him weaker than ever

The mask of invincibility is slipping ever further, and eventually that will matter. This debacle won’t be forgiven or forgotten, says the Observer’s Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2024

The global outlook is perilous. But here are three things Labour can do to make the world a safer place

Keir Starmer should set an example by reducing nuclear warheads, reinstate overseas aid and prevail upon Iran to calm the Middle East, writes Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Mar 12, 2024

Alexei Navalny was brave enough to mock Putin’s absurd tyranny. Is it any wonder he is dead?

For many years, this courageous man taunted the corrupt butcher of the Kremlin. But Putin’s enemies so often end up being silenced, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

Biden now regrets the strength of his support for Netanyahu – he must act before it’s too late

The onslaught on Gaza risks further destabilising the entire Middle East, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023

Henry Kissinger dies celebrated, but why? His achievements have long since crumbled

He may have overseen the 20th century, but the champion of US power was also a symbol of its dangerous neo-imperialism, says commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023

The pressure on Netanyahu is starting to tell – this truce shows something has changed

A deal to pause hostilities in Gaza and free some hostages has been struck, but both sides are split on what happens next, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023

What will the children who survive the onslaught of Gaza think of those who let it happen?

Hour by hour, they are being killed, maimed and traumatised, while the leaders of our nations fail to intervene, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023

The peril now facing us: Israel invades, Iran intervenes – and this war goes global

Calls for restraint are right but unlikely to be heeded. A conflict setting Israel and the US against Iran has rarely seemed closer, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2023

Five Great Reads: ‘time optimism’, Troye Sivan, and the Taliban’s party hotel

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Oct 13, 2023

In the midst of war, Benjamin Netanyahu is a liability who can only make things worse. He must go

The so-called international community must also make up for its years of neglect of Israel-Palestine, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2023