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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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A case for the ‘wave 7’ hypothesis as wildfires spike and super-hot spells lengthen

  • LONDON, U.K.—First the ‘heat dome’, with temperatures in the mid-to-high forties Celsius in many parts of western North America for up to a week
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2021
Two wildfires burn in close proximity on June 30 in B.C., the Long Loch wildfire and Derrickson Lake wildfire. Record summer temperatures like this were foreseen as a consequence of global warming, but they were not predicted to arrive for another decade or so, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy B.C. Wildfire Service’s Twitter

A case for the ‘wave 7’ hypothesis as wildfires spike and super-hot spells lengthen

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First the ‘heat dome’, with temperatures in the mid-to-high forties Celsius in many parts of western North America for up to a week

A case for the ‘wave 7’ hypothesis as wildfires spike and super-hot spells lengthen

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First the ‘heat dome’, with temperatures in the mid-to-high forties Celsius in many parts of western North America for up to a week
Two wildfires burn in close proximity on June 30 in B.C., the Long Loch wildfire and Derrickson Lake wildfire. Record summer temperatures like this were foreseen as a consequence of global warming, but they were not predicted to arrive for another decade or so, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy B.C. Wildfire Service’s Twitter

End of the Ethiopian empire?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Most analysts thought it would take a year or two of guerrilla war for the rebels in Tigray to drive Ethiopian federal forces
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2021
So now Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, pictured, has a new job: to prevent the rot from spreading. There are powerful separatist forces in other states of Ethiopia too, many people are very unhappy with the federal government’s conduct of the recent election, and Tigray’s example could be infectious, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

End of the Ethiopian empire?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most analysts thought it would take a year or two of guerrilla war for the rebels in Tigray to drive Ethiopian federal forces

End of the Ethiopian empire?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most analysts thought it would take a year or two of guerrilla war for the rebels in Tigray to drive Ethiopian federal forces
So now Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, pictured, has a new job: to prevent the rot from spreading. There are powerful separatist forces in other states of Ethiopia too, many people are very unhappy with the federal government’s conduct of the recent election, and Tigray’s example could be infectious, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Examining the Communist Party’s founding narrative as China celebrates the centenary 

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the centenary of its foundation this week on July 1, and most people in China accept the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2021
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, pictured in 2012. The prevailing wisdom is that most people will put up with the dictatorship so long as the party also delivers constantly rising prosperity–but China now has a pseudo-capitalist economy and that makes the regime very vulnerable if there is a bad recession, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Examining the Communist Party’s founding narrative as China celebrates the centenary 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the centenary of its foundation this week on July 1, and most people in China accept the

Examining the Communist Party’s founding narrative as China celebrates the centenary 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Chinese Communist Party is celebrating the centenary of its foundation this week on July 1, and most people in China accept the
The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, pictured in 2012. The prevailing wisdom is that most people will put up with the dictatorship so long as the party also delivers constantly rising prosperity–but China now has a pseudo-capitalist economy and that makes the regime very vulnerable if there is a bad recession, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The fascists really are coming, in the U.S.

  • LONDON, U.K.—Godwin’s Law, coined in 1990, says that as a discussion on the internet grows longer, the likelihood of somebody being compared to Hitler
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2021
Republican officials who refuse to say that Donald Trump, pictured, won the 2020 election are being removed by their own party. In a bid to frighten independent officials into quitting their jobs and creating openings for yet more Republican appointees, Republican-run state legislatures are imposing heavy fines (up to $25,000) on election officials who make even minor technical mistakes, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore

The fascists really are coming, in the U.S.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Godwin’s Law, coined in 1990, says that as a discussion on the internet grows longer, the likelihood of somebody being compared to Hitler

The fascists really are coming, in the U.S.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Godwin’s Law, coined in 1990, says that as a discussion on the internet grows longer, the likelihood of somebody being compared to Hitler
Republican officials who refuse to say that Donald Trump, pictured, won the 2020 election are being removed by their own party. In a bid to frighten independent officials into quitting their jobs and creating openings for yet more Republican appointees, Republican-run state legislatures are imposing heavy fines (up to $25,000) on election officials who make even minor technical mistakes, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Gage Skidmore

Resistance to Burma’s military usurpers taking the wrong road

  • LONDON, U.K.—Burma (Myanmar) is a land of poets. Eleven published poets won seats in the 2015 election, which gave the country a limited form
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
The best way to resist Burma’s military rule, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, is through non-violent protest as violent attempted revolutions fail twice as often as non-violent ones,writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Vadim Savitsky

Resistance to Burma’s military usurpers taking the wrong road

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Burma (Myanmar) is a land of poets. Eleven published poets won seats in the 2015 election, which gave the country a limited form

Resistance to Burma’s military usurpers taking the wrong road

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Burma (Myanmar) is a land of poets. Eleven published poets won seats in the 2015 election, which gave the country a limited form
The best way to resist Burma’s military rule, led by General Min Aung Hlaing, is through non-violent protest as violent attempted revolutions fail twice as often as non-violent ones,writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Vadim Savitsky

Vaccines for the world: charity or self-interest?

  • LONDON, U.K.—At the recent G7 summit, U.S. President Joe Biden promised to distribute 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines free to the poorer countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, pictured June 11, 2021, host of the G7 Leaders Summit in Carbis Bay, U.K., with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel. The billion doses promised by the G7 for mid-2022 just don’t cut it, and even an extra billion from China is not enough. Two doses each for five billion people is what’s needed. Or we can choose to live with the killer variants instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Vaccines for the world: charity or self-interest?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—At the recent G7 summit, U.S. President Joe Biden promised to distribute 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines free to the poorer countries

Vaccines for the world: charity or self-interest?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—At the recent G7 summit, U.S. President Joe Biden promised to distribute 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines free to the poorer countries
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, pictured June 11, 2021, host of the G7 Leaders Summit in Carbis Bay, U.K., with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, France's President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and European Council President Charles Michel. The billion doses promised by the G7 for mid-2022 just don’t cut it, and even an extra billion from China is not enough. Two doses each for five billion people is what’s needed. Or we can choose to live with the killer variants instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Dawson/No. 10 Downing Street

Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
'Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,' tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, pictured, late last month. But what if U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (and President Joe Biden) have just decided that reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is a lost cause? Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister

Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister
'Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,' tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, pictured, late last month. But what if U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (and President Joe Biden) have just decided that reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is a lost cause? Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
What I find completely incredible is the notion that such a ruthless, universal, billions-of-years-old civilization would be monitoring us with devices that we can actually see. That does not compute. Photograph Commons Wikimedia

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop
What I find completely incredible is the notion that such a ruthless, universal, billions-of-years-old civilization would be monitoring us with devices that we can actually see. That does not compute. Photograph Commons Wikimedia

A change in the (economic) weather?

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured November 2020, joined other G7 finance ministers’ last weekend in London, U.K. where they agreed to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, a baby step, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A change in the (economic) weather?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum

A change in the (economic) weather?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured November 2020, joined other G7 finance ministers’ last weekend in London, U.K. where they agreed to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, a baby step, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
There was great excitement among journalists on June 2 when China announced its new three-child policy. Some even dared to ask why, if changing the one-child policy to a two-child policy in 2016 did nothing to fix the plunging birth-rate, does Beijing now think it can solve the problem by letting the people who already didn’t want a second kid try for three instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image: courtesy of CNN

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated
There was great excitement among journalists on June 2 when China announced its new three-child policy. Some even dared to ask why, if changing the one-child policy to a two-child policy in 2016 did nothing to fix the plunging birth-rate, does Beijing now think it can solve the problem by letting the people who already didn’t want a second kid try for three instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image: courtesy of CNN

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
The time needed to persuade the climate doubters and mobilize the apathetic was always going to leave very little time for actually getting emissions down before we hit tipping points and lose control of the outcome entirely. What happens in the courtrooms, as in the recent Shell decision, and the boardrooms is important and it’s a relief that things are finally starting to move in the right direction, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two
The time needed to persuade the climate doubters and mobilize the apathetic was always going to leave very little time for actually getting emissions down before we hit tipping points and lose control of the outcome entirely. What happens in the courtrooms, as in the recent Shell decision, and the boardrooms is important and it’s a relief that things are finally starting to move in the right direction, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
The chorus of condemnation against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and the diverting of the Ryanair jet was in welcome contrast to the silence or mumbled doubts that greeted the last outrage of this sort in 2013, when the target incident was whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Michael Oldfield/Wikimedia Commons.

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him
The chorus of condemnation against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and the diverting of the Ryanair jet was in welcome contrast to the silence or mumbled doubts that greeted the last outrage of this sort in 2013, when the target incident was whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Michael Oldfield/Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
First, three lies, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Gaza offensive has yielded 'unprecedented military gains,' said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted to a 'victory' for the Palestinian people and a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said a Hamas official. But the ceasefire brings 'genuine opportunity' for progress, said U.S. President Joe Biden. Screenshot courtesy of CNBC

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted
First, three lies, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Gaza offensive has yielded 'unprecedented military gains,' said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted to a 'victory' for the Palestinian people and a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said a Hamas official. But the ceasefire brings 'genuine opportunity' for progress, said U.S. President Joe Biden. Screenshot courtesy of CNBC

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
Though there are projected declines in the overall world population by 2100, there will still be plenty of hungry people in the poor countries eager to move to the rich ones—and a growing shortage of labour in the rich countries, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet
Though there are projected declines in the overall world population by 2100, there will still be plenty of hungry people in the poor countries eager to move to the rich ones—and a growing shortage of labour in the rich countries, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, was on the way out, but now the coalition talks to replace him have broken down in the midst of a perhaps-convenient clash with Hamas, Gwynne Dyer writes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, was on the way out, but now the coalition talks to replace him have broken down in the midst of a perhaps-convenient clash with Hamas, Gwynne Dyer writes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
For the fourth time in a row, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just failed to get an election outcome that will let him create and lead a coalition government. Israelis could be headed to the polls again for the fifth time in 30 months next autumn, if coalition talks fail. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often
Benjamin Netanyahu
For the fourth time in a row, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just failed to get an election outcome that will let him create and lead a coalition government. Israelis could be headed to the polls again for the fifth time in 30 months next autumn, if coalition talks fail. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Scotland: A short generation?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought tooth and nail to prevent a second referendum on leaving the EU, which opinion polls from mid-2017 onwards consistently suggested would have gone against Brexit. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Scotland: A short generation?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost

Scotland: A short generation?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought tooth and nail to prevent a second referendum on leaving the EU, which opinion polls from mid-2017 onwards consistently suggested would have gone against Brexit. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
Napoleon thought much bigger than Hitler in his quest to expand France's sphere of influence. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.
Napoleon thought much bigger than Hitler in his quest to expand France's sphere of influence. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured March 11, signing the American Rescue Plan into law. The Biden administration has officially recognized the Armenian genocide. Photograph courtesy of Twitter via Joe Biden's profile

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured March 11, signing the American Rescue Plan into law. The Biden administration has officially recognized the Armenian genocide. Photograph courtesy of Twitter via Joe Biden's profile

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