Simon Tisdall
Simon Tisdall is an assistant editor of the Guardian and a foreign affairs columnist. He was previously a foreign leader writer for the paper and has also served as its foreign editor and its US editor, based in Washington DC. He was the Observer's foreign editor from 1996-98
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Barack Obama’s ‘Asian pivot’ failed. China is in the ascendancyWhen the president came to power, he vowed to look east with his foreign policy. But as he prepares to leave office, the US looks increasingly impotent in the region
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For Turkey's sake, Erdoğan should resist desire for revengePresident should be a calm statesman after the failed coup, not use it to purge the military and attack perceived enemies
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Turkey paying a price for Erdoğan's wilful blindness to Isis threatPresident’s preference for blaming everything bad that happens on the Kurds is no longer working
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Erdoğan's overtures to Russia part of wider diplomatic bridge-buildingTurkey’s foreign policy softening – denied by Ankara – could yet see a rapprochement with US-backed regime in Egypt
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Erdoğan's draconian new law demolishes Turkey's EU ambitionsThe president’s targeting of opposition parties has shattered any illusions that Turkey is a western-style democracy
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Narendra Modi's US visa secure despite Gujarat riots guilty verdictsPersistent human rights concerns will not stop America from lavishing honours on an Indian PM once barred from its soil
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Buhari's crackdown in Nigeria fails to stamp out Boko HaramA year ago at his inauguration the president promised to eliminate the terror group, still classed as one of the world’s most deadly
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Far-right surge in Austria signals end of centrist politics-as-usualIf ostracism is not on the cards then outright opposition or direct engagement seem to be the remaining alternatives
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Could Turkey really join the EU by 2020?Michael Gove and Vote Leave say so, but France and Germany do not want Turkey to join, so the prospect looks unlikely
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EgyptAir uncertainty shows fear makes victims of us allWhoever or whatever was behind the latest plane crash, we fear the worst
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Bangladesh's pluralism is at risk if Sheikh Hasina does not stop extremistsMurders of gay activists and secularists highlight culture of impunity, with Hasina and Awami League accused of failing to act
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Obama's Hanover talks unlikely to yield new line on vexed issuesUS president expected to discuss Syria, Isis, the refugee crisis and Libya with French, German, Italian and British leaders
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Award-winning Guardian reporter David Beresford dies aged 68Beresford, known for his writing about the Northern Ireland Troubles and the end of apartheid, has died in Johannesburg
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Obama’s pro-Europe credentials are under more scrutiny than everUS president vowed fresh start with Europe after Bush years but has often seemed detached about EU
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Has the Brics bubble burst?Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa seem to be failing to justify predictions of 21st century domination
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Saudi Arabia campaign leaves 80% of Yemen population needing aidPeace talks give Saudis way out as conflict fails to combat terrorism and puts an already impoverished country on the brink
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Erdoğan's Turkey: a disintegrating ally and imaginary friendAs prime minister tries to make deal on refugees, confrontational president continues to pit it against ilongtime allies
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Obama's criticism of Cameron reveals president's own weaknessesTo complain so candidly while still in office is unusual, but Obama highlights what historians may come to see as his major flaw in international affairs
Aleppo, Ukraine, cyber attacks, Baltic threats: what should we do about Putin?