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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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Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, pictured. The pandemic is so bad in Brazil now that most hospitals are rationing care, turning away COVID-stricken people whose age or underlying conditions make them less likely to survive and saving scarce beds and oxygen for those with a better chance. The death rate has been truly shocking, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and

Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, pictured. The pandemic is so bad in Brazil now that most hospitals are rationing care, turning away COVID-stricken people whose age or underlying conditions make them less likely to survive and saving scarce beds and oxygen for those with a better chance. The death rate has been truly shocking, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a climate summit aimed at challenging global leaders to exceed their Paris climate targets to prevent temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius. Flickr photo by Matt Johnson

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a climate summit aimed at challenging global leaders to exceed their Paris climate targets to prevent temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius. Flickr photo by Matt Johnson

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
Then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and then-Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris inherited an agreement their predecessor signed with the Taliban. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the
Then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and then-Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris inherited an agreement their predecessor signed with the Taliban. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
It’s hard to imagine Wales leaving 750 years after the English conquered it, but Boris Johnson is a universal solvent. Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is promising an independence referendum by 2026 if it wins next month’s election. Clean sweep for Boris? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.
It’s hard to imagine Wales leaving 750 years after the English conquered it, but Boris Johnson is a universal solvent. Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is promising an independence referendum by 2026 if it wins next month’s election. Clean sweep for Boris? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in Tigray last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in Tigray last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured during a visit to Ottawa during his run as vice-president. The U.S. and Iran held talks in Vienna earlier this week to forge a path forward on lifting sanctions and reviving the nuclear deal aimed at limiting uranium enrichment in Iran. The Hill Times file photograph

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured during a visit to Ottawa during his run as vice-president. The U.S. and Iran held talks in Vienna earlier this week to forge a path forward on lifting sanctions and reviving the nuclear deal aimed at limiting uranium enrichment in Iran. The Hill Times file photograph

The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
The Tatmadaw and its police accomplices have shot or beaten to death more than 400 unarmed protesters, and they show no sign of slowing down.  Screen capture via The Guardian

The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are

The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are
The Tatmadaw and its police accomplices have shot or beaten to death more than 400 unarmed protesters, and they show no sign of slowing down.  Screen capture via The Guardian

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
The Ever Given cargo ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, had been blocking traffic along the Suez Canal, preventing goods from reaching their destination. The stranded ship has been freed after several days. Screen capture via NBC News

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon
The Ever Given cargo ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, had been blocking traffic along the Suez Canal, preventing goods from reaching their destination. The stranded ship has been freed after several days. Screen capture via NBC News

Netanyahu’s endless quest

  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial for fraud, bribery, and breach of trust charges began in 2019, and might well last until the end of this year. The Hill Times file photograph

Netanyahu’s endless quest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this

Netanyahu’s endless quest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial for fraud, bribery, and breach of trust charges began in 2019, and might well last until the end of this year. The Hill Times file photograph

Syria: end the sanctions

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
Two destroyed tanks in front of a mosque in Azaz, Syria, pictured Aug. 21, 2012. The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a quarter of the pre-war population are refugees abroad, and another quarter are refugees inside Syria. Thirty per cent of the country’s housing stock is destroyed or badly damaged—and we have known who won the war for at least four years now, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Christiaan Triebert

Syria: end the sanctions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a

Syria: end the sanctions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a
Two destroyed tanks in front of a mosque in Azaz, Syria, pictured Aug. 21, 2012. The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a quarter of the pre-war population are refugees abroad, and another quarter are refugees inside Syria. Thirty per cent of the country’s housing stock is destroyed or badly damaged—and we have known who won the war for at least four years now, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Christiaan Triebert

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured with Vice-President Kamala Harris, last week convened a meeting of the Quad, an alliance to deter and contain Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured with Vice-President Kamala Harris, last week convened a meeting of the Quad, an alliance to deter and contain Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, pictured, last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this as a shotgun marriage in which the Taliban will hold the shotgun, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the
In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, pictured, last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this as a shotgun marriage in which the Taliban will hold the shotgun, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Quarantine Brazil now

  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro regards vaccines as sissy and will not support a national program to vaccinate the population. Some state governors are trying to buy vaccines for their own local populations, but he publicly berates them as cowards for worrying about 'a little flu.' Bolsonaro is Donald Trump on stilts, and is largely responsible for Brazil’s sky-high COVID-19 death rate: more than a quarter-million dead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Quarantine Brazil now

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep

Quarantine Brazil now

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro regards vaccines as sissy and will not support a national program to vaccinate the population. Some state governors are trying to buy vaccines for their own local populations, but he publicly berates them as cowards for worrying about 'a little flu.' Bolsonaro is Donald Trump on stilts, and is largely responsible for Brazil’s sky-high COVID-19 death rate: more than a quarter-million dead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's designation by Amnesty International as a 'prisoner of conscience' was dropped because he 'made comments which may have amounted to advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, violence, or hostility.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's designation by Amnesty International as a 'prisoner of conscience' was dropped because he 'made comments which may have amounted to advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, violence, or hostility.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven. He’d be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled ‘SWAG,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Flickr

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s
If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven. He’d be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled ‘SWAG,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Flickr

Why COVID killed more English speakers

  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
As for the United Kingdom, led by Boris Johnson, it has had 1,781 deaths per million, even worse than the U.S.—whereas Germany has had only 824. In fact, the U.S. and the U.K. together account for four-fifths of all COVID deaths in the 10 worst-performing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Commons Wikimedia

Why COVID killed more English speakers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation

Why COVID killed more English speakers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation
As for the United Kingdom, led by Boris Johnson, it has had 1,781 deaths per million, even worse than the U.S.—whereas Germany has had only 824. In fact, the U.S. and the U.K. together account for four-fifths of all COVID deaths in the 10 worst-performing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Commons Wikimedia

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
Texas experienced a deep freeze that left millions without power last week and as of Monday, Feb. 22, more than 15,700 people in Texas were without power. Screen capture image courtesy of the Weather Network

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation
Texas experienced a deep freeze that left millions without power last week and as of Monday, Feb. 22, more than 15,700 people in Texas were without power. Screen capture image courtesy of the Weather Network

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the absolute ruler of Dubai, has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but, unaccountably, his daughters keep trying to escape. He recaptures them and locks them up, of course, but it’s starting to draw unwelcome attention, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the absolute ruler of Dubai, has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but, unaccountably, his daughters keep trying to escape. He recaptures them and locks them up, of course, but it’s starting to draw unwelcome attention, writes Gwynne Dyer.

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
It’s not clear if President-for-Life Xi Jinping took a personal interest in the issue, but his enthusiasm for football as a symbol of national strength and manliness is well known. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they
Xi Jinping
It’s not clear if President-for-Life Xi Jinping took a personal interest in the issue, but his enthusiasm for football as a symbol of national strength and manliness is well known. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Republican split?

  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party, or just the Trump Party, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

Republican split?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just

Republican split?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just
If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party, or just the Trump Party, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

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