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Gwynne Dyer

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

Surviving the population crash

  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last arms control treaty expires

  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

One Danish soldier

  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Geoengineering for grown-ups

  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Ukraine: once more around the loop

  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

Sudan: another partition?

  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

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
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Long live deterrence to dissuade nuclear attacks

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We reviewed the proposals… carefully and thoroughly and concluded that Iran violated almost all compromises found previously in months of hard negotiations,” said
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2021
When Joe Biden, pictured, replaced Trump last January it looked like reviving the Iran nuclear deal would be simple. Washington would drop all the sanctions Trump had slapped on Iran, Tehran would undo all the cautious steps it had taken on enriching uranium beyond the treaty’s limits to bring pressure on America and its allies, and everybody would live happily ever after, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Long live deterrence to dissuade nuclear attacks

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We reviewed the proposals… carefully and thoroughly and concluded that Iran violated almost all compromises found previously in months of hard negotiations,” said

Long live deterrence to dissuade nuclear attacks

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We reviewed the proposals… carefully and thoroughly and concluded that Iran violated almost all compromises found previously in months of hard negotiations,” said
When Joe Biden, pictured, replaced Trump last January it looked like reviving the Iran nuclear deal would be simple. Washington would drop all the sanctions Trump had slapped on Iran, Tehran would undo all the cautious steps it had taken on enriching uranium beyond the treaty’s limits to bring pressure on America and its allies, and everybody would live happily ever after, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Omicron variant reveals rich countries’ short-term thinking on pandemic response

  • LONDON, U.K.—The new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was discovered on Nov. 23 by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2021
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the travel ban 'is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to respond to and recover from the pandemic.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Omicron variant reveals rich countries’ short-term thinking on pandemic response

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was discovered on Nov. 23 by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries

Omicron variant reveals rich countries’ short-term thinking on pandemic response

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was discovered on Nov. 23 by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that the travel ban 'is not informed by science, nor will it be effective in preventing the spread of this variant. The only thing the prohibition on travel will do is to further damage the economies of the affected countries and undermine their ability to respond to and recover from the pandemic.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine ‘crisis’ unlikely to lead to war

  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow. We are entirely prepared for an escalation,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 29, 2021
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Nov. 26, that 'there is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow' and it is 'entirely prepared for an escalation.' Here we go again. All the players know the steps of the dance, and some of them even enjoy it. The purpose, however, is obscure, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine ‘crisis’ unlikely to lead to war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow. We are entirely prepared for an escalation,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukraine ‘crisis’ unlikely to lead to war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow. We are entirely prepared for an escalation,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Nov. 26, that 'there is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow' and it is 'entirely prepared for an escalation.' Here we go again. All the players know the steps of the dance, and some of them even enjoy it. The purpose, however, is obscure, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Killer drones: is nothing safe?  

  • LONDON, U.K.—Commercially available quadcopter drones carrying small amounts of explosives are “the most concerning tactical development since the rise of the improvised explosive device
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 22, 2021
Two weeks ago, three quadcopters flew into the heavily fortified ‘Green Zone’ in Baghdad to attack the home of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, pictured, who won last month’s national election and is working to form a new coalition government (usually a months-long haggle in Iraq). Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Killer drones: is nothing safe?  

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Commercially available quadcopter drones carrying small amounts of explosives are “the most concerning tactical development since the rise of the improvised explosive device

Killer drones: is nothing safe?  

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Commercially available quadcopter drones carrying small amounts of explosives are “the most concerning tactical development since the rise of the improvised explosive device
Two weeks ago, three quadcopters flew into the heavily fortified ‘Green Zone’ in Baghdad to attack the home of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, pictured, who won last month’s national election and is working to form a new coalition government (usually a months-long haggle in Iraq). Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Putin’s warning to Belarus spells end for border skirmish with Poland

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not a tempest in a teapot; it’s smaller than that. A few thousand Arabs and Kurds, mostly young men but including women
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 17, 2021
There were massive non-violent protests in Belarus last year after President Alexander Lukashenko rigged yet another election, and although they were crushed with mass arrests and beatings he is now in a state of perpetual anxiety, writes Gwynne Dyer. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Serge Serebro

Putin’s warning to Belarus spells end for border skirmish with Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not a tempest in a teapot; it’s smaller than that. A few thousand Arabs and Kurds, mostly young men but including women

Putin’s warning to Belarus spells end for border skirmish with Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not a tempest in a teapot; it’s smaller than that. A few thousand Arabs and Kurds, mostly young men but including women
There were massive non-violent protests in Belarus last year after President Alexander Lukashenko rigged yet another election, and although they were crushed with mass arrests and beatings he is now in a state of perpetual anxiety, writes Gwynne Dyer. Wikimedia Commons photograph by Serge Serebro

Backtracking coal targets a COP26 failure, but summit still brings hope

  • LONDON, U.K.—Closing the two-week COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Nov. 13, Alok Sharma, the British president of the 197-country conference, declared “We’ve kept
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2021
Alok Sharma, the British MP and president of the UN Climate Change Conference, came close to tears during closing remarks on Nov. 13. Sharma was upset because a last-minute assault by the world’s coal, oil, and gas superpowers nearly brought the meeting to a halt, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tim Hammond

Backtracking coal targets a COP26 failure, but summit still brings hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Closing the two-week COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Nov. 13, Alok Sharma, the British president of the 197-country conference, declared “We’ve kept

Backtracking coal targets a COP26 failure, but summit still brings hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Closing the two-week COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Nov. 13, Alok Sharma, the British president of the 197-country conference, declared “We’ve kept
Alok Sharma, the British MP and president of the UN Climate Change Conference, came close to tears during closing remarks on Nov. 13. Sharma was upset because a last-minute assault by the world’s coal, oil, and gas superpowers nearly brought the meeting to a halt, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Tim Hammond

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

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