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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Russia is losing the war in Ukraine, and Putin is desperate. But that’s when he’s at his most dangerous

Don’t expect the Russian president to pursue peace. Instead, he could continue to expand the war beyond Ukraine’s borders – with dire risks for us all, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Trump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder – and ordinary people pay the price

The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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When will the EU punch its weight in a perilous world? That’s the question countries eager to join should be asking

Twin threats from east and west have clearly made the bloc more appealing – but its rule-bound institutions need urgent attention, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped

Millions are being dragged into starvation, while people everywhere pay a Trump war tax. But there are plenty of powers who could bring him to heel, says Simon Tisdall, Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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It may not feel like it, but hope is on the horizon: Trump, Netanyahu and Putin’s powers appear to be waning

Plummeting approval ratings for these three poisonous comrades-in-arms show voters are demoralised and tiring of forever wars – the west could soon breathe again, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened

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Donald Trump will arrive in Beijing this week knowing that Xi holds all the cards

The US president will be counting on China to influence Iran and help him out of his latest mess. But the price may be high – including for Taiwan, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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The king went to Washington to save Britain’s bacon. He may also have shown the US how to save itself

Charles III’s subtle, much needed history lesson delivered the US some tough love. But will Trump get the message, asks Simon Tisdall, Guardian foreign affairs commentator

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Iran didn’t have a nuclear weapon before this war. But you can see why it would develop one now

If lawless aggression by ‘might is right’ nuclear-armed powers spreads unchecked, what other option do middle-ranking countries have, asks foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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JD Vance could yet save his political skin. But it will mean turning on Trump – and soon

The vice-president has endured his most humiliating – and damaging – week as his boss’s fall guy. How much more can Maga’s great hope take? asks Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Protocol be damned: here’s what King Charles should say on his visit to the US

The king has the chance to offer some tough love. Perhaps he could start with a speech to Congress about the Trump administration’s reckless trajectory, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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As Team Trump wage unceasing war on Iran, evangelical nationalists are destroying any moral world order we once had

The brutalisation of global norms by figures like Pete Hegseth has become a fight against chaos, and all major religions must play a role, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Trump is contemplating the sheer folly of boots on the ground in Iran. How did it come to this?

After the anguish of Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s almost unthinkable the US would again send troops to the Middle East – but its president is desperate and narcissistic, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Behind the bombast, Trump will be worried: when he tries to stop the war on Iran, will anyone listen?

Though the president wields great power, the conflict in the Middle East is spiralling in unforeseen ways that he may not be able to control, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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Here’s the news from Iran – Donald Trump is making America lose wars again

Humiliating failure now looms, as symbolically damaging to US global standing and national self-esteem as Afghanistan or Iraq, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump

As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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A world on edge as Trump bombs Iran and triggers war in the Middle East. There was no need for this

We cannot know where this foolish, reckless attack will end – but new hatreds will be seeded, terrorist vendettas sown and, ultimately, little will be achieved, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

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