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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

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

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

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

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

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

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

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

American contempt for Latin America on full display

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

American contempt for Latin America on full display

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

American contempt for Latin America on full display

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

The coming AI crash

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

The coming AI crash

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

The coming AI crash

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

Chimps, war, and us 

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

Chimps, war, and us 

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

Chimps, war, and us 

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

Gaza: the 20-point plan

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

Gaza: the 20-point plan

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

Gaza: the 20-point plan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The United States: calculating things to come

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

The United States: calculating things to come

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

The United States: calculating things to come

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

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

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

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

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

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

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

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

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

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

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

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

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

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

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

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

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

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

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

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

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

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

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

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

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

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

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

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

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

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

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

No ‘new world order’ is coming

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

No ‘new world order’ is coming

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

No ‘new world order’ is coming

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Here come the refugees

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

Here come the refugees

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

Here come the refugees

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

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

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

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

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

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

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

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

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

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

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

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

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

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

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

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

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

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

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

Trump management

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

Trump management

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

Trump management

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

The AI crash

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

The AI crash

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

The AI crash

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

The pantomime ends in Gaza

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

The pantomime ends in Gaza

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

The pantomime ends in Gaza

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

  • LONDON, U.K.—Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as many lives as possible in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2021
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government vaccination campaign may be no better than Donald Trump’s pathetic 'warp speed' immunization program in the United States, which promised 20 million inoculations by the end of December and managed about four million. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Why countries should take heed of U.K.’s vaccine-triage approach

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as many lives as possible in

Why countries should take heed of U.K.’s vaccine-triage approach

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Triage is always crude and messy, and there are always mistakes, but the goal is to save as many lives as possible in
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government vaccination campaign may be no better than Donald Trump’s pathetic 'warp speed' immunization program in the United States, which promised 20 million inoculations by the end of December and managed about four million. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Democracy has nothing to do with being American or ‘Western’

  • LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2021
The obvious way to continue this article would be to point out that Joe Biden won the election, that thanks to the run-off elections in Georgia, the Democrats will control both houses of Congress, and that the joint session of Congress withstood the assault of Trump’s storm-troopers on Jan. 6, 2021, pictured, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy ABC NEWS

Democracy has nothing to do with being American or ‘Western’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m

Democracy has nothing to do with being American or ‘Western’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I have to read one more hand-wringing article about the ‘crisis of American democracy’ and what it means for the world, I’m
The obvious way to continue this article would be to point out that Joe Biden won the election, that thanks to the run-off elections in Georgia, the Democrats will control both houses of Congress, and that the joint session of Congress withstood the assault of Trump’s storm-troopers on Jan. 6, 2021, pictured, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy ABC NEWS

Defending the indefensible

  • LONDON, U.K.—The recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan made sense, in an old-fashioned way. The dispute was about territory—borders that were drawn almost a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 31, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explained that the disputed defence appropriations bill 'will cement our advantage on the seas, on land, in the air, in cyberspace and in space,' but you have to ask: an advantage that enables the United States to do what, asks Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Defending the indefensible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 31, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan made sense, in an old-fashioned way. The dispute was about territory—borders that were drawn almost a

Defending the indefensible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 31, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan made sense, in an old-fashioned way. The dispute was about territory—borders that were drawn almost a
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell explained that the disputed defence appropriations bill 'will cement our advantage on the seas, on land, in the air, in cyberspace and in space,' but you have to ask: an advantage that enables the United States to do what, asks Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The European Union: free at last!

  • LONDON, U.K.—Blaming the victims is never a good look. As Britain finally leaves the European Union, 1,651 days after the Brexit referendum of 2016,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 28, 2020
Boris Johnson is prime minister and he dares not anger the English ultra-nationalists on the right of his own Conservative party. After months of the amateur dramatics that accompany any Johnson decision, on Christmas Day the United Kingdom concluded a pathetically thin ‘free trade’ deal that reflects the real balance of power between the EU and the U.K., writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

The European Union: free at last!

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 28, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Blaming the victims is never a good look. As Britain finally leaves the European Union, 1,651 days after the Brexit referendum of 2016,

The European Union: free at last!

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 28, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Blaming the victims is never a good look. As Britain finally leaves the European Union, 1,651 days after the Brexit referendum of 2016,
Boris Johnson is prime minister and he dares not anger the English ultra-nationalists on the right of his own Conservative party. After months of the amateur dramatics that accompany any Johnson decision, on Christmas Day the United Kingdom concluded a pathetically thin ‘free trade’ deal that reflects the real balance of power between the EU and the U.K., writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Underpants, beards, and consonants

  • LONDON, U.K.—Surely you don’t want to read about the new, faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus today, or the fourth Israeli election in two years,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 24, 2020
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pictured after being splashed with zelyonka in Moscow in 2017, a brilliant green antiseptic dye, commonly used to attack activists in Russia. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Underpants, beards, and consonants

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Surely you don’t want to read about the new, faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus today, or the fourth Israeli election in two years,

Underpants, beards, and consonants

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Surely you don’t want to read about the new, faster-spreading variant of the coronavirus today, or the fourth Israeli election in two years,
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pictured after being splashed with zelyonka in Moscow in 2017, a brilliant green antiseptic dye, commonly used to attack activists in Russia. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Of all the populist leaders in democratic countries, Modi is by far the most dangerous

  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance’ was passed into law in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Nov. 28, providing
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 23, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (occasionally known in the White House as ‘India Trump’) depends almost exclusively on Hindu votes to win elections, so anything that threatens to reduce the number of Hindu voters is obviously a problem for him. People with mathematical skills, however, may calculate that the threat isn’t really very big, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Of all the populist leaders in democratic countries, Modi is by far the most dangerous

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance’ was passed into law in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Nov. 28, providing

Of all the populist leaders in democratic countries, Modi is by far the most dangerous

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Ordinance’ was passed into law in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Nov. 28, providing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (occasionally known in the White House as ‘India Trump’) depends almost exclusively on Hindu votes to win elections, so anything that threatens to reduce the number of Hindu voters is obviously a problem for him. People with mathematical skills, however, may calculate that the threat isn’t really very big, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Arab Winter

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this week, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2020
Ten years ago this week, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the corrupt dictatorship that had ruined his young life. His sacrifice wakened hope in millions of others—but then half a million of them also died, although not at their own hands, and the rest went quiet. It was called the Arab Spring. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Arab Winter

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this week, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage

Arab Winter

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this week, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage
Ten years ago this week, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor in Tunisia, set himself alight in front of a government building in rage at the corrupt dictatorship that had ruined his young life. His sacrifice wakened hope in millions of others—but then half a million of them also died, although not at their own hands, and the rest went quiet. It was called the Arab Spring. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Anti-abortion laws and radicalization

  • “Get your rosaries off our ovaries,” chanted the women marching in support of the referendum that made abortion legal in Ireland in 2018. Two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2020
Argentinians, pictured protesting for abortion to be legal in March 2019, again returned to the streets last week to celebrate after the country’s lower house of Congress passed a government-backed bill to legalize abortion. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Anti-abortion laws and radicalization

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2020
  • “Get your rosaries off our ovaries,” chanted the women marching in support of the referendum that made abortion legal in Ireland in 2018. Two

Anti-abortion laws and radicalization

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2020
  • “Get your rosaries off our ovaries,” chanted the women marching in support of the referendum that made abortion legal in Ireland in 2018. Two
Argentinians, pictured protesting for abortion to be legal in March 2019, again returned to the streets last week to celebrate after the country’s lower house of Congress passed a government-backed bill to legalize abortion. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

The EU: Germany is the reason…

  • LONDON, U.K.—In Brussels, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will jump. He’s there now, dithering over
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2020
In Brussels, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Jan. 31, 2020, inside No. 10 Downing St., at 11 p.m. the moment the U.K. left the EU., will jump. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Parsons/No. 10 Downing Street

The EU: Germany is the reason…

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—In Brussels, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will jump. He’s there now, dithering over

The EU: Germany is the reason…

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—In Brussels, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will jump. He’s there now, dithering over
In Brussels, the English-speaking journalists are all speculating about which way British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Jan. 31, 2020, inside No. 10 Downing St., at 11 p.m. the moment the U.K. left the EU., will jump. Photograph courtesy of Andrew Parsons/No. 10 Downing Street

Salvation from climate change in a vat

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are putting a final end to the fossil era,” said Denmark’s climate minister, Dan Jorgensen, last week. What he meant was that
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
Next to burning fossil fuels, the biggest cause of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions is agriculture—and more than half of all food-related greenhouse gas emissions come from producing meat. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Salvation from climate change in a vat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are putting a final end to the fossil era,” said Denmark’s climate minister, Dan Jorgensen, last week. What he meant was that

Salvation from climate change in a vat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are putting a final end to the fossil era,” said Denmark’s climate minister, Dan Jorgensen, last week. What he meant was that
Next to burning fossil fuels, the biggest cause of anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions is agriculture—and more than half of all food-related greenhouse gas emissions come from producing meat. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Reckless populists

  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is nothing wrong to participate in a sex party of any kind,” said a source in the European Parliament. “However, such kinds
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured Nov. 29, 2020, with his grandchildren Arabella, Theodore and Joseph Kushner. The unbridled arrogance, the self-pity, the shameless, hysterical exaggeration are all hallmarks of the new breed of ‘illiberal’ populists—and when they think they are losing, they always up the ante. I’m thinking, of course, of President Trump’s recent electoral defeat and his subsequent behaviour, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of White House Flickr

Reckless populists

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is nothing wrong to participate in a sex party of any kind,” said a source in the European Parliament. “However, such kinds

Reckless populists

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is nothing wrong to participate in a sex party of any kind,” said a source in the European Parliament. “However, such kinds
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured Nov. 29, 2020, with his grandchildren Arabella, Theodore and Joseph Kushner. The unbridled arrogance, the self-pity, the shameless, hysterical exaggeration are all hallmarks of the new breed of ‘illiberal’ populists—and when they think they are losing, they always up the ante. I’m thinking, of course, of President Trump’s recent electoral defeat and his subsequent behaviour, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of White House Flickr

Ethiopia’s war in Tigray enters new phase

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2020
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched an invasion of Tigray state on Nov. 4, and so far, it’s been doing very well. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia’s war in Tigray enters new phase

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack

Ethiopia’s war in Tigray enters new phase

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly after surviving a grenade attack
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched an invasion of Tigray state on Nov. 4, and so far, it’s been doing very well. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The United States is in deep trouble, but democracy isn’t

  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no hurricane coming, but the windows of downtown Washington, D.C., are covered with plywood. They were initially boarded up due to fear
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
President Donald J. Trump, pictured Nov. 24, 2020, pardoning 'Corn' as the 2020 National Thanksgiving Turkey, during the annual pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House. Polarization of the kind America is experiencing now is disruptive and tenacious, but it tends to be intergenerational (this episode certainly is), and generational turnover usually erases it in 10 or 20 years. The sixties passed, and, in all likelihood, so will this, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House Photograph by Shealah Craighead

The United States is in deep trouble, but democracy isn’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no hurricane coming, but the windows of downtown Washington, D.C., are covered with plywood. They were initially boarded up due to fear

The United States is in deep trouble, but democracy isn’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no hurricane coming, but the windows of downtown Washington, D.C., are covered with plywood. They were initially boarded up due to fear
President Donald J. Trump, pictured Nov. 24, 2020, pardoning 'Corn' as the 2020 National Thanksgiving Turkey, during the annual pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey in the Rose Garden of the White House. Polarization of the kind America is experiencing now is disruptive and tenacious, but it tends to be intergenerational (this episode certainly is), and generational turnover usually erases it in 10 or 20 years. The sixties passed, and, in all likelihood, so will this, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House Photograph by Shealah Craighead

Cause to celebrate with vaccines on the horizon, but we can’t let our guard down until then

  • LONDON, U.K.—All the usual caveats apply: don’t go out and celebrate, don’t let your guard down, it’s still going to be a long haul.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
Uğur Şahin, right, co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, the German company that announced the first effective COVID-19 vaccine recently, pictured on Nov. 10, 2020, in an interview on CNBC. It can’t be rolled out fast enough to reduce infections much in the current wave, he said. Screen capture image courtesy CNBC

Cause to celebrate with vaccines on the horizon, but we can’t let our guard down until then

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—All the usual caveats apply: don’t go out and celebrate, don’t let your guard down, it’s still going to be a long haul.

Cause to celebrate with vaccines on the horizon, but we can’t let our guard down until then

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—All the usual caveats apply: don’t go out and celebrate, don’t let your guard down, it’s still going to be a long haul.
Uğur Şahin, right, co-founder and CEO of BioNTech, the German company that announced the first effective COVID-19 vaccine recently, pictured on Nov. 10, 2020, in an interview on CNBC. It can’t be rolled out fast enough to reduce infections much in the current wave, he said. Screen capture image courtesy CNBC

In Hong Kong, ‘one country, two systems’ unravels

  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew a law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be transferred to mainland courts for certain 'security' offences. By withdrawing it, she was signalling that Beijing was willing to drop the matter for now. But the protesters snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In Hong Kong, ‘one country, two systems’ unravels

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining

In Hong Kong, ‘one country, two systems’ unravels

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew a law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be transferred to mainland courts for certain 'security' offences. By withdrawing it, she was signalling that Beijing was willing to drop the matter for now. But the protesters snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the Armenian enclave in western Azerbaijan would quickly be overrun if the Russian troops were not there. As Arayik Harutyunyan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist leader, admitted on Nov. 10, 'had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost all of (it) within days,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen image courtesy of Al Jazeera, Nov. 10, 2020

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire
Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the Armenian enclave in western Azerbaijan would quickly be overrun if the Russian troops were not there. As Arayik Harutyunyan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist leader, admitted on Nov. 10, 'had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost all of (it) within days,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen image courtesy of Al Jazeera, Nov. 10, 2020

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
When Abiy Ahmed, pictured at an UN address, was appointed prime minister two years ago by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, he was the first Oromo ever to govern the country, even though the Oromo are the largest of Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups. Screen capture via UN's YouTube page

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another
When Abiy Ahmed, pictured at an UN address, was appointed prime minister two years ago by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, he was the first Oromo ever to govern the country, even though the Oromo are the largest of Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups. Screen capture via UN's YouTube page

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi could not have stopped the army from carrying out the massacre, the worst of many it has committed against various minority populations in Myanmar over the past 60 years. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi could not have stopped the army from carrying out the massacre, the worst of many it has committed against various minority populations in Myanmar over the past 60 years. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

U.S. election: more of the same?

  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The culture war (mostly without guns) that already obsesses and disfigures the United States will continue. Indeed, it will intensify if Trump loses the election but continues to deny it and claim fraud, as he most certainly will. Losing the presidency is virtually an existential question for him, since without it he would be exposed to an avalanche of legal charges, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

U.S. election: more of the same?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.

U.S. election: more of the same?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The culture war (mostly without guns) that already obsesses and disfigures the United States will continue. Indeed, it will intensify if Trump loses the election but continues to deny it and claim fraud, as he most certainly will. Losing the presidency is virtually an existential question for him, since without it he would be exposed to an avalanche of legal charges, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last Monday morning, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of CBS News Oct. 28

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last
The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last Monday morning, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of CBS News Oct. 28

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