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<title><![CDATA[Simon Tisdall - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15719.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Simon Tisdall]]></description><category domain="15719">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump May Survive Humiliation of Iran Deal. Bibi Will Not]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/21/donald-trump-iran-deal-benjamin-netanyahu-israel-pm-iran</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What has the Israeli PM'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s whirlwind of violence achieved? His closest ally now turning against him '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and an emboldened Iran]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Iran War Is an Ever-Expanding Catastrophe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/23/ever-expanding-global-catastrophe-inevitable-donald-trump</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[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'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gulf States Will Dictate US Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2025/may/11/donald-trump-middle-east-gulf-states-us-foreign-policy</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tyrants Like Trump Always Fall]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/27/donald-trump-us-constitution-president</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Honeymoon Is Over for Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/15/honeymoon-is-over-trump-ukraine-war-tariffs</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After just a few weeks in the White House, the self-appointed peace-giver has stoked war, accelerated the nuclear arms race and alienated US allies]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is the UK Key to Europe's Response to Trump?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/01/britain-europe-response-donald-trump-nato-brussels</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In a fast-moving crisis, the EU hasn't been nimble enough. The onus must fall on 'coalitions of the willing' to stop a US-Putin carve-up]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Trump's Pivot on Russia Also Endangers America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/22/from-saviour-to-judas-how-trumps-pivot-on-russia-also-endangers-his-own-country</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With a Putin-appeasing president at the helm, it is clear the transatlantic alliance is collapsing and European leaders must plot their own course]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Betrayal of Ukraine Has Emboldened Putin]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/15/donald-trumps-betrayal-of-ukraine-has-emboldened-vladimir-putin-and-pulled-the-rug-from-under-nato-allies</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The ramifications of the president's appeasement of Russia will be felt widely, not least in the alliance he recklessly undermined]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump's America First Policies Threaten Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/25/donald-trump-will-huff-and-hell-puff-but-if-europes-leaders-rise-to-its-defence-their-house-will-stand</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The EU is facing a torrid year ahead from enemies both within and without. But it is still far from a lost cause]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Must Happen for the Ceasefire Deal To Last]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/20/israel-gaza-ceasefire-deal-peace-benjamin-netanyahu-hamas</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas both have reasons to collapse the agreement. Honest brokers must do all they can to keep it alive, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer's foreign affairs commentator]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gaza Ceasefire Is Fragile, But Is Our Best Hope Yet]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/ceasefire-deal-gaza-netanyahu-trump-peace</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/ceasefire-deal-gaza-netanyahu-trump-peace]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[From these beginnings must come a just and lasting settlement for Palestinians and Israelis alike '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' and a reckoning]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Long Before Iran Goes Nuclear?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/22/menaced-by-foreign-foes-facing-mutiny-at-home-how-long-before-iran-goes-nuclear</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/22/menaced-by-foreign-foes-facing-mutiny-at-home-how-long-before-iran-goes-nuclear]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After Syria, Israel and the US fear Tehran will build an atomic bomb. Their threats may produce that very outcome]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Playing Political Footsie With Trump Won't Cut It for Europe]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/07/playing-political-footsie-with-trump-20-wont-cut-it-for-europe-its-time-to-get-tough</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world must prepare for a US president who will be even more chaotic and less open to diplomacy and compromise than before]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Starmer Plays China Card, Sends Message to Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/23/keir-starmer-played-china-card-in-rio-and-sent-message-to-a-hawkish-donald-trump</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/23/keir-starmer-played-china-card-in-rio-and-sent-message-to-a-hawkish-donald-trump]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The PM and other western leaders are cosying up to Beijing. If the president-elect imposes punitive tariffs on Chinese imports, he will give Xi the upper hand]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Harris' Problem With Men Swing the Election?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/20/kamala-harris-has-a-problem-with-men-will-misogyny-cost-her-the-election</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/20/kamala-harris-has-a-problem-with-men-will-misogyny-cost-her-the-election]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After a rousing start to her campaign, the Democratic candidate is flatlining in the polls, and sexism could swing the vote in Donald Trump's favour]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Pause for Peace Is Best We Can Hope For in Middle East]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/05/a-pause-for-peace-is-the-best-the-world-can-hope-for-in-the-middle-easts-war-without-end</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/05/a-pause-for-peace-is-the-best-the-world-can-hope-for-in-the-middle-easts-war-without-end]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Western leaders look feeble and helpless as religious fanatics and rightwing zealots dig the region deeper into conflict]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Prospect of Middle East Peace Moving Further Out of Reach]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/25/israels-attack-lebanon-peace-further-out-of-reach</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/25/israels-attack-lebanon-peace-further-out-of-reach]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[America's Big Problem: Menace to Democracy From Trump]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/americas-big-problem-is-not-biden-its-the-menace-to-democracy-posed-by-trump</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/29/americas-big-problem-is-not-biden-its-the-menace-to-democracy-posed-by-trump]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The presidential debate was further proof of the fragility of the country's constitution. Radical reform is crucial, whoever wins in November]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Putin &amp; Kim on Mission To Cement New World Order]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/19/putin-kim-ukraine-war-north-korea-weapons-world</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/19/putin-kim-ukraine-war-north-korea-weapons-world]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kim enjoys the recognition. Putin's war, meanwhile needs North Korean weapons. It's a dangerous alliance, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer's Foreign Affairs Commentator]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Trump: The Sequel' Will Be a Real-Life Horror Show]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/27/donald-trump-dystopian-nightmare-maniac-us-president-not-civil-war</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/27/donald-trump-dystopian-nightmare-maniac-us-president-not-civil-war]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If the former president regains the White House in November, America faces a more dystopian future than that being shown in cinemas]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel and Iran Have Opened a Pandora's Box]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/20/in-breaking-their-fragile-truce-israel-and-iran-have-opened-a-pandoras-box</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/20/in-breaking-their-fragile-truce-israel-and-iran-have-opened-a-pandoras-box]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Skirmishes between the pair have until now been muted, but the tit-for-tat attack on Isfahan shows how the Gaza conflict is fuelling global tensions]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[After Iran's Attack on Israel, the World Must Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/14/iran-drone-attack-israel-crisis-benjamin-netanyahu-tehran</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/14/iran-drone-attack-israel-crisis-benjamin-netanyahu-tehran]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Netanyahu wanted a wider conflict, and Tehran has walked into his trap. The major powers must immediately head this off, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Political Assassins Are Back With a Licence To Kill]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/06/political-assassins-back-with-licence-to-kill</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/06/political-assassins-back-with-licence-to-kill]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Last week, a group of Iranian military leaders in Damascus became the trend's latest victims]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Israel Must Face Future It Dreads: A&nbsp;Palestinian State]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/30/isolated-abroad-torn-apart-at-home-israel-must-face-the-future-it-dreads-a-palestinian-state</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/30/isolated-abroad-torn-apart-at-home-israel-must-face-the-future-it-dreads-a-palestinian-state]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Enabled by weak and incompetent US and UK foreign policy, Benjamin Netanyahu is using war for his political survival]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The US as Defender of Democracy Won't Win Votes]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/02/the-us-as-defender-of-democracy-will-not-win-votes-trump-gets-it-biden-does-not</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/02/the-us-as-defender-of-democracy-will-not-win-votes-trump-gets-it-biden-does-not]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Despite concerns about the state of the world, Americans have soured on their global policing role]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Navalny Was Brave Enough To Mock Putin's Tyranny]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/16/alexei-navalny-vladimir-putin-dead-kremlin-russia</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/16/alexei-navalny-vladimir-putin-dead-kremlin-russia]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[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]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is There Still No Gaza Ceasefire?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/07/gaza-ceasefire-benjamin-netanyahu-joe-biden-hamas-7-october</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/07/gaza-ceasefire-benjamin-netanyahu-joe-biden-hamas-7-october]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Netanyahu knows he's barely clinging to power, Biden is playing a bigger game, and Hamas's leadership cares little for the vast suffering since 7 October, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Mega-Bomb Waiting To Explode--Biden Must Not Light Fuse]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/mega-bomb-middle-east-biden-iran</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/29/mega-bomb-middle-east-biden-iran]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The US president is under immense pressure to hit back at Iranian-backed militias, but that would be a disaster, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fascism Is on the March. And It's Trump Who Sets the Pace]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/20/fascism-is-everywhere-on-the-march-and-its-trump-who-sets-the-pace</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/20/fascism-is-everywhere-on-the-march-and-its-trump-who-sets-the-pace]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The former president's nihilist, autocratic anti-politics transcend borders. In Iowa, as in so much of the world, voters are opting for the strongman]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Now Regrets Strong Support for Bibi, Must Act]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/06/biden-support-netanyahu-gaza-middle-east</link>
							<guid><![CDATA[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/06/biden-support-netanyahu-gaza-middle-east]]></guid>							
							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Simon Tisdall</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The onslaught on Gaza risks further destabilising the entire Middle East, says foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall]]></description>
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