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Gwynne Dyer is a United Kingdom-based independent journalist who writes a column for The Hill Times.

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

  • We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2025
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still wants to get the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, but this may no longer require a confrontation with Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Daniel Torok

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2025
  • We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East. 

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2025
  • We are at a point where Trump’s America and Netanyahu’s Israel have established complete domination over the Middle East. 
Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still wants to get the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, but this may no longer require a confrontation with Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

American contempt for Latin America on full display

  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

The coming AI crash

  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Chimps, war, and us 

  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Gaza: the 20-point plan

  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
Donald Trump.
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The United States: calculating things to come

  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

No ‘new world order’ is coming

  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump management

  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

The AI crash

  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor

The pantomime ends in Gaza

  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
All the back-and-forth diplomacy in Gaza over the past six months was just for show, and the only audience that mattered was U.S. President Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The pantomime ends in Gaza

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence

The pantomime ends in Gaza

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
All the back-and-forth diplomacy in Gaza over the past six months was just for show, and the only audience that mattered was U.S. President Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
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COP26: a mixed bag

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not too early to assess the success or failure of COP26, the climate summit that began in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2021
Nature, one of the world’s most respected scientific journals, did an anonymous survey of the 233 climate scientists who wrote the massive ‘Sixth Assessment Report’, which provided the science to which this conference is responding. Sixty per cent of them said that they expect the world to warm by at least 3°C by the end of the century. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COP26: a mixed bag

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not too early to assess the success or failure of COP26, the climate summit that began in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The

COP26: a mixed bag

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not too early to assess the success or failure of COP26, the climate summit that began in Glasgow on Oct. 31. The
Nature, one of the world’s most respected scientific journals, did an anonymous survey of the 233 climate scientists who wrote the massive ‘Sixth Assessment Report’, which provided the science to which this conference is responding. Sixty per cent of them said that they expect the world to warm by at least 3°C by the end of the century. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Freezing Afghan assets brings threat of starvation as winter approaches

  • LONDON, U.K.—The first snow of the winter will reach Kabul any day now, and the death rate will start to climb: mostly children, at
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 8, 2021
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk flies over Afghanistan in December 2017. Afghanistan’s domestic economy has virtually collapsed, but there’s enough money in those frozen accounts to pay for imported food that would see 40 million Afghans through the coming winter without many deaths from starvation. So why won’t the U.S. government release it, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Army by John Martinez via Flickr

Freezing Afghan assets brings threat of starvation as winter approaches

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The first snow of the winter will reach Kabul any day now, and the death rate will start to climb: mostly children, at

Freezing Afghan assets brings threat of starvation as winter approaches

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The first snow of the winter will reach Kabul any day now, and the death rate will start to climb: mostly children, at
A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk flies over Afghanistan in December 2017. Afghanistan’s domestic economy has virtually collapsed, but there’s enough money in those frozen accounts to pay for imported food that would see 40 million Afghans through the coming winter without many deaths from starvation. So why won’t the U.S. government release it, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Army by John Martinez via Flickr

Sputnik moments and hypersonic hype

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I saw in some of the newspapers they used the term ‘Sputnik moment,’” said General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2021
General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week that China’s test of a hypersonic missile may not represent a ‘Sputnik moment,’ but it’s ry close to that’ and a ‘significant technological event.’ Hypersonic weapons are completely pointless in a nuclear role, and dangerous to deterrence even in a non-nuclear version, so why is there such enthusiasm for them, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense

Sputnik moments and hypersonic hype

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I saw in some of the newspapers they used the term ‘Sputnik moment,’” said General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs

Sputnik moments and hypersonic hype

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I saw in some of the newspapers they used the term ‘Sputnik moment,’” said General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs
General Mark Milley, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week that China’s test of a hypersonic missile may not represent a ‘Sputnik moment,’ but it’s ry close to that’ and a ‘significant technological event.’ Hypersonic weapons are completely pointless in a nuclear role, and dangerous to deterrence even in a non-nuclear version, so why is there such enthusiasm for them, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense

Dismantling Africa

  • LONDON, U.K.— Something is going wrong in Africa. Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous countries on the continent, are both stumbling towards disintegration.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 1, 2021
Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, pictured left, and Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria, like Ethiopia, is full of clever, ambitious young people with the education and skills to transform the country if only it was politically stable, but that is asking for the moon, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Flickr

Dismantling Africa

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.— Something is going wrong in Africa. Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous countries on the continent, are both stumbling towards disintegration.

Dismantling Africa

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.— Something is going wrong in Africa. Nigeria and Ethiopia, the two most populous countries on the continent, are both stumbling towards disintegration.
Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed, pictured left, and Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari. Nigeria, like Ethiopia, is full of clever, ambitious young people with the education and skills to transform the country if only it was politically stable, but that is asking for the moon, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Flickr

Looking for the pain threshold: why COP26 won’t deliver

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “There is a high
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2021
UN Secretary General António Guterres recently said 'the world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating,' and that 'there is a high risk of failure of COP26.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Looking for the pain threshold: why COP26 won’t deliver

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “There is a high

Looking for the pain threshold: why COP26 won’t deliver

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “There is a high
UN Secretary General António Guterres recently said 'the world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 degrees Celsius of heating,' and that 'there is a high risk of failure of COP26.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Vikings and Skraelings: full circle

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was already known that the first and only Norse settlement in North America was at L’Anse aux Meadows, at the northern tip
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 26, 2021
The foundations of a large Viking house, at L'Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Many people suspected that ‘Vinland,' as the Norse called it, was never meant to be a permanent colony. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Vikings and Skraelings: full circle

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was already known that the first and only Norse settlement in North America was at L’Anse aux Meadows, at the northern tip

Vikings and Skraelings: full circle

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was already known that the first and only Norse settlement in North America was at L’Anse aux Meadows, at the northern tip
The foundations of a large Viking house, at L'Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Many people suspected that ‘Vinland,' as the Norse called it, was never meant to be a permanent colony. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lebanon is sinking

  • LONDON, U.K.—Off the Lebanese coast, about 60 kilometres north of Beirut, a 104-metre battleship stands vertically, with her bow and some 30 metres of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 20, 2021
The massive explosion in Beirut’s port district last year got the International Monetary Fund involved, offering Lebanon huge loans if the corrupt system is reformed, but it’s likely that the government will turn them away again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Prachatai

Lebanon is sinking

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 20, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Off the Lebanese coast, about 60 kilometres north of Beirut, a 104-metre battleship stands vertically, with her bow and some 30 metres of

Lebanon is sinking

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 20, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Off the Lebanese coast, about 60 kilometres north of Beirut, a 104-metre battleship stands vertically, with her bow and some 30 metres of
The massive explosion in Beirut’s port district last year got the International Monetary Fund involved, offering Lebanon huge loans if the corrupt system is reformed, but it’s likely that the government will turn them away again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Prachatai

Is there a trade war brewing between the U.K. and the European Union?

  • LONDON, U.K.—International treaties are serious business. A lot of time and effort goes into negotiating them, and they become part of international law. It’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2021
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured walking into 10 Downing Street in London ahead of a COVID-19 press conference on Sept. 14, 2021. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Is there a trade war brewing between the U.K. and the European Union?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—International treaties are serious business. A lot of time and effort goes into negotiating them, and they become part of international law. It’s

Is there a trade war brewing between the U.K. and the European Union?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—International treaties are serious business. A lot of time and effort goes into negotiating them, and they become part of international law. It’s
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured walking into 10 Downing Street in London ahead of a COVID-19 press conference on Sept. 14, 2021. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Poland’s ruling party playing a game of chicken with the EU

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s possible that the tide which brought hard-right populist governments to power in a number of Central European countries is starting to go
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2021
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, pictured in 2020 at the World Economic Forum. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Poland’s ruling party playing a game of chicken with the EU

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s possible that the tide which brought hard-right populist governments to power in a number of Central European countries is starting to go

Poland’s ruling party playing a game of chicken with the EU

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s possible that the tide which brought hard-right populist governments to power in a number of Central European countries is starting to go
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, pictured in 2020 at the World Economic Forum. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Will China follow big talk with invasion of Taiwan?

  • China’s President Xi Jinping promised on Oct. 9 that, “The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland … will definitely be fulfilled.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s exchange of words over the weekend were a threat and a responding declaration of resolve, respectively. Flickr photographs by Thierry Ehrmann

Will China follow big talk with invasion of Taiwan?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2021
  • China’s President Xi Jinping promised on Oct. 9 that, “The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland … will definitely be fulfilled.”

Will China follow big talk with invasion of Taiwan?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2021
  • China’s President Xi Jinping promised on Oct. 9 that, “The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland … will definitely be fulfilled.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s exchange of words over the weekend were a threat and a responding declaration of resolve, respectively. Flickr photographs by Thierry Ehrmann

Volcanoes, tsunamis, and risk

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Don’t bother your pretty head about it” is the prevailing media take on the risk of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2021
Spain's La Palma volcano pictured in December 2019, just under two kilometres away from the current eruption, with the scars of the 1949 eruption still evident. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Volcanoes, tsunamis, and risk

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Don’t bother your pretty head about it” is the prevailing media take on the risk of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in

Volcanoes, tsunamis, and risk

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Don’t bother your pretty head about it” is the prevailing media take on the risk of the volcanic eruption on La Palma in
Spain's La Palma volcano pictured in December 2019, just under two kilometres away from the current eruption, with the scars of the 1949 eruption still evident. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Harassing the whistleblowers: the punishment never ends

  • LONDON, U.K.—A long time ago now I was asked to do a television series about the world’s intelligence services—and I turned it down flat.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 4, 2021
Here’s the thing: None of the information Julian Assange, pictured, released hurt anybody, and a lot of it needed to be revealed: war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and government surveillance of tens of millions of U.S. citizens. The CIA made it all secret because it could, not because it was necessary or justifiable, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Harassing the whistleblowers: the punishment never ends

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—A long time ago now I was asked to do a television series about the world’s intelligence services—and I turned it down flat.

Harassing the whistleblowers: the punishment never ends

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—A long time ago now I was asked to do a television series about the world’s intelligence services—and I turned it down flat.
Here’s the thing: None of the information Julian Assange, pictured, released hurt anybody, and a lot of it needed to be revealed: war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan and government surveillance of tens of millions of U.S. citizens. The CIA made it all secret because it could, not because it was necessary or justifiable, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Humans in the Americas: two mysteries

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been the biggest shock in archaeology for a long time. British and American archaeologists have found solid evidence that human beings—we could
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2021
White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Archaeologists recently discovered thousands of footprints in the national park, suggesting human beings were in the Americas around 6,000 years before the earliest previously accepted date. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Humans in the Americas: two mysteries

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been the biggest shock in archaeology for a long time. British and American archaeologists have found solid evidence that human beings—we could

Humans in the Americas: two mysteries

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been the biggest shock in archaeology for a long time. British and American archaeologists have found solid evidence that human beings—we could
White Sands National Park in New Mexico. Archaeologists recently discovered thousands of footprints in the national park, suggesting human beings were in the Americas around 6,000 years before the earliest previously accepted date. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

The Quad and the next Cold War

  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind AUKUS. It’s the Quad that counts. The creation of an Australia-United Kingdom-United States military alliance last week caused a tempest in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2021
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured in Washington D.C., on Sept. 24, 2021, for the first-ever face-to-face summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or 'Quad’ for short. Photograph courtesy of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Twitter

The Quad and the next Cold War

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind AUKUS. It’s the Quad that counts. The creation of an Australia-United Kingdom-United States military alliance last week caused a tempest in

The Quad and the next Cold War

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind AUKUS. It’s the Quad that counts. The creation of an Australia-United Kingdom-United States military alliance last week caused a tempest in
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pictured in Washington D.C., on Sept. 24, 2021, for the first-ever face-to-face summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or 'Quad’ for short. Photograph courtesy of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Twitter

After Merkel: Scholz looks like a shoo-in as next chancellor

  • LONDON, U.K.—Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by 15 points. She was stepping down after 16
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 23, 2021
Thanks mostly to the under-performance of his opponents, Olaf Scholz has emerged over the past four months as the odds-on favourite as successor to Angela Merkel, pictured, as German chancellor, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

After Merkel: Scholz looks like a shoo-in as next chancellor

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 23, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by 15 points. She was stepping down after 16

After Merkel: Scholz looks like a shoo-in as next chancellor

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 23, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Last January Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) were ahead in the German opinion polls by 15 points. She was stepping down after 16
Thanks mostly to the under-performance of his opponents, Olaf Scholz has emerged over the past four months as the odds-on favourite as successor to Angela Merkel, pictured, as German chancellor, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

AUKUS: an alliance is born

  • LONDON, U.K.—When the 9/11 attacks struck New York and Washington in 2001 and the U.S. Armed Forces went on full alert, national security adviser
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. You could tell that the three wise leaders involved hadn’t spent a lot of time negotiating the nature and role of the new U.S.-U.K.-Australian alliance, because Biden couldn’t even remember the name of the Australian prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and Flickr

AUKUS: an alliance is born

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When the 9/11 attacks struck New York and Washington in 2001 and the U.S. Armed Forces went on full alert, national security adviser

AUKUS: an alliance is born

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When the 9/11 attacks struck New York and Washington in 2001 and the U.S. Armed Forces went on full alert, national security adviser
U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. You could tell that the three wise leaders involved hadn’t spent a lot of time negotiating the nature and role of the new U.S.-U.K.-Australian alliance, because Biden couldn’t even remember the name of the Australian prime minister, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia and Flickr

Auto-eugenics in America

  • LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in this file photo, was on national television on Sept. 9 urging unvaccinated Americans to get the jabs, and declaring 'vaccine mandates' that oblige federal employees and companies that employ more than one hundred people to do so. He even allowed himself a little anger towards the more than 80 million Americans who are still refusing vaccination. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Auto-eugenics in America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory

Auto-eugenics in America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Eugenics was a 20th-century pseudo-science that purported to improve the human breed by weeding out the ‘least fit,’ often by measures like compulsory
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured in this file photo, was on national television on Sept. 9 urging unvaccinated Americans to get the jabs, and declaring 'vaccine mandates' that oblige federal employees and companies that employ more than one hundred people to do so. He even allowed himself a little anger towards the more than 80 million Americans who are still refusing vaccination. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

It didn’t change the world forever

  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2021
With the benefit of hindsight, how much has the world changed as a result of 9/11? There was virtually no lasting impact on Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, or East and South-East Asia, where even the phrase ‘9/11’ is meaningless to most people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

It didn’t change the world forever

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of

It didn’t change the world forever

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Changed the world forever’ is the most hackneyed phrase in journalism, and if you can get through this week (the 20th anniversary of
With the benefit of hindsight, how much has the world changed as a result of 9/11? There was virtually no lasting impact on Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, or East and South-East Asia, where even the phrase ‘9/11’ is meaningless to most people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

China targets income gap with new ‘common prosperity’ policy

  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind the destruction of the relatively free society of Hong Kong (no emergency airlift like Kabul, but the number of people fleeing
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 8, 2021
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Income disparities in the United States have been widening years, as they have in China, with grave social consequences for both. But being democratic doesn’t enable the U.S. to deal with it any better. Maybe it’s just a question of size. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

China targets income gap with new ‘common prosperity’ policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind the destruction of the relatively free society of Hong Kong (no emergency airlift like Kabul, but the number of people fleeing

China targets income gap with new ‘common prosperity’ policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never mind the destruction of the relatively free society of Hong Kong (no emergency airlift like Kabul, but the number of people fleeing
Xi Jinping
Income disparities in the United States have been widening years, as they have in China, with grave social consequences for both. But being democratic doesn’t enable the U.S. to deal with it any better. Maybe it’s just a question of size. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan: keeping the elephants away

  • LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2021
Evacuees wait to board a C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 30. The notion, repeatedly applied to the Taliban, that terrorists must have ‘bases’ belongs to the James Bond universe. Its constant use in reference to the Afghanistan invasion is an essential device for those who are still trying to justify that misbegotten adventure, but it was never true, not even in 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense

Afghanistan: keeping the elephants away

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.

Afghanistan: keeping the elephants away

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—A man is sitting in a train somewhere in Europe, tearing sheets of paper into little pieces and throwing them out the window.
Evacuees wait to board a C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 30. The notion, repeatedly applied to the Taliban, that terrorists must have ‘bases’ belongs to the James Bond universe. Its constant use in reference to the Afghanistan invasion is an essential device for those who are still trying to justify that misbegotten adventure, but it was never true, not even in 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of U.S. Department of Defense

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