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

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

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
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Brexit: Johnson makes his move

  • Shock! Horror! Johnson prorogues Parliament! End of democracy in Britain! The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, says he was not even
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2019
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to pull Britain out of the EU, with our without a deal to preserve some of the ties between them. Photograph by Arno Mikkor courtesy of Flickr

Brexit: Johnson makes his move

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2019
  • Shock! Horror! Johnson prorogues Parliament! End of democracy in Britain! The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, says he was not even

Brexit: Johnson makes his move

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 2, 2019
  • Shock! Horror! Johnson prorogues Parliament! End of democracy in Britain! The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, says he was not even
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to pull Britain out of the EU, with our without a deal to preserve some of the ties between them. Photograph by Arno Mikkor courtesy of Flickr

Bolsonaro’s impact on Amazon, after less than eight months in office, questionable

  • The Amazon is not on fire. There are fires in the Amazon rainforest, as there are every year in July through September, because this
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
The amount of forest the agribusiness industry and Brazilian farmers destroyed annually went into steady decline after the Workers’ Party took power in 2003, but the damage has been trending back up again since the last PT president, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached by Congress in 2015. Photo by Agustín Diaz on Unsplash

Bolsonaro’s impact on Amazon, after less than eight months in office, questionable

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
  • The Amazon is not on fire. There are fires in the Amazon rainforest, as there are every year in July through September, because this

Bolsonaro’s impact on Amazon, after less than eight months in office, questionable

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
  • The Amazon is not on fire. There are fires in the Amazon rainforest, as there are every year in July through September, because this
The amount of forest the agribusiness industry and Brazilian farmers destroyed annually went into steady decline after the Workers’ Party took power in 2003, but the damage has been trending back up again since the last PT president, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached by Congress in 2015. Photo by Agustín Diaz on Unsplash

AI, climate crises converging

  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe we can get through the climate crisis without a global catastrophe, although that door is closing fast. Maybe we can cope with
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has spoken favourably of a guaranteed minimum income in Canada—a key solution to economic troubles on the horizon, writes Gwynne Dyer—more than once during his time in cabinet, but the Liberal government has yet to put one in place. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

AI, climate crises converging

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe we can get through the climate crisis without a global catastrophe, although that door is closing fast. Maybe we can cope with

AI, climate crises converging

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe we can get through the climate crisis without a global catastrophe, although that door is closing fast. Maybe we can cope with
Social Development Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has spoken favourably of a guaranteed minimum income in Canada—a key solution to economic troubles on the horizon, writes Gwynne Dyer—more than once during his time in cabinet, but the Liberal government has yet to put one in place. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Greenland’s gamble

  • From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2019
What’s remarkable about Greenlandic politics is how aware the players are of their dilemma and their options, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Greenland’s gamble

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2019
  • From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad

Greenland’s gamble

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2019
  • From his purchase of New Jersey casinos to his proposed acquisition of Greenland, Donald Trump’s real estate deals have always been plagued by bad
What’s remarkable about Greenlandic politics is how aware the players are of their dilemma and their options, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Treachery, betrayal in the Middle East

  • Things have become so complicated in the Middle East that the players are no longer just stabbing each other in the back. They are
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 16, 2019
As Turkey’s strongman president, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, pictured, gets desperate at home, he looks for triumphs abroad, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Treachery, betrayal in the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 16, 2019
  • Things have become so complicated in the Middle East that the players are no longer just stabbing each other in the back. They are

Treachery, betrayal in the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 16, 2019
  • Things have become so complicated in the Middle East that the players are no longer just stabbing each other in the back. They are
As Turkey’s strongman president, Recep Tayyib Erdogan, pictured, gets desperate at home, he looks for triumphs abroad, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Korea and Japan: the history wars

  • Nation-states, like four-year-olds, find it very hard to admit they are in the wrong and apologize. Adult intervention often helps, but all Japan and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2019
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, are locked in a conflict that, at the surface appears to be about trade, but is really about the difficult history of relations between an ex-imperial power, Japan, and its former colony, Korea. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Korea and Japan: the history wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2019
  • Nation-states, like four-year-olds, find it very hard to admit they are in the wrong and apologize. Adult intervention often helps, but all Japan and

Korea and Japan: the history wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2019
  • Nation-states, like four-year-olds, find it very hard to admit they are in the wrong and apologize. Adult intervention often helps, but all Japan and
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, are locked in a conflict that, at the surface appears to be about trade, but is really about the difficult history of relations between an ex-imperial power, Japan, and its former colony, Korea. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Kashmir: the ‘Wounded Civilization’ strikes back

  • LONDON, U.K.—God knows what novelist V.S. Naipaul really meant half a century ago when he called India “the wounded civilization” in his travelogue-cum-psychoanalysis book
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 12, 2019
India's government announced last week it would do away with Article 370 of India's constitution, which gave special status to the disputed Kashmir region and barred non-Kashmiri Indians from settling there. The Indian government brought in tens of thousands of troops to lock down movement and communication in the area. Screen capture image courtesday of Al-Jazeera

Kashmir: the ‘Wounded Civilization’ strikes back

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 12, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—God knows what novelist V.S. Naipaul really meant half a century ago when he called India “the wounded civilization” in his travelogue-cum-psychoanalysis book

Kashmir: the ‘Wounded Civilization’ strikes back

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 12, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—God knows what novelist V.S. Naipaul really meant half a century ago when he called India “the wounded civilization” in his travelogue-cum-psychoanalysis book
India's government announced last week it would do away with Article 370 of India's constitution, which gave special status to the disputed Kashmir region and barred non-Kashmiri Indians from settling there. The Indian government brought in tens of thousands of troops to lock down movement and communication in the area. Screen capture image courtesday of Al-Jazeera

Another treaty bites the dust

  • The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty died last Friday, but there won’t be many mourners at the funeral. There should be. The problem the INF
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2019
In 1987, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the INF treaty, banning all land-based ballistic missiles with 'intermediate range.' Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority via Wikimedia Commons

Another treaty bites the dust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2019
  • The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty died last Friday, but there won’t be many mourners at the funeral. There should be. The problem the INF

Another treaty bites the dust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2019
  • The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty died last Friday, but there won’t be many mourners at the funeral. There should be. The problem the INF
In 1987, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the INF treaty, banning all land-based ballistic missiles with 'intermediate range.' Photograph courtesy of Tennessee Valley Authority via Wikimedia Commons

If the Bug-Eyed Monsters do send a message, would we really want to reply at all?

  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is absolutely no procedure enshrined in international law to respond to a signal from an alien civilization,” said Martin Dominik, an astronomer
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2019
There’s certainly no harm in just looking for signs of the existence of other civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. There is 'no bigger question in science,' said the late Prof. Stephen Hawking, who was an adviser to the project. But if you find such a civilization, an enormous debate will immediately erupt over whether we should reply or not. Hawking thought not, writes Gwynne Dyer. Illustration courtesy of PxHere

If the Bug-Eyed Monsters do send a message, would we really want to reply at all?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is absolutely no procedure enshrined in international law to respond to a signal from an alien civilization,” said Martin Dominik, an astronomer

If the Bug-Eyed Monsters do send a message, would we really want to reply at all?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“There is absolutely no procedure enshrined in international law to respond to a signal from an alien civilization,” said Martin Dominik, an astronomer
There’s certainly no harm in just looking for signs of the existence of other civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. There is 'no bigger question in science,' said the late Prof. Stephen Hawking, who was an adviser to the project. But if you find such a civilization, an enormous debate will immediately erupt over whether we should reply or not. Hawking thought not, writes Gwynne Dyer. Illustration courtesy of PxHere

Hong Kong—purely symbolic

  • The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising. A lot
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 31, 2019
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, hasn't formally withdrawn the bill, presumably because that would involve too grave a loss of face for the regime in Beijing, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Hong Kong—purely symbolic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 31, 2019
  • The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising. A lot

Hong Kong—purely symbolic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 31, 2019
  • The anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong are now eight weeks old and still going strong, but the level of violence is rising. A lot
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, hasn't formally withdrawn the bill, presumably because that would involve too grave a loss of face for the regime in Beijing, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who became the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week) is what you would get
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 29, 2019
Here comes trouble: It has been suggested that Boris Johnson, who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week, is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 29, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who became the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week) is what you would get

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 29, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who became the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week) is what you would get
Here comes trouble: It has been suggested that Boris Johnson, who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom last week, is what you would get if Donald Trump had been educated at Eton and Oxford. Maybe, although there is a great gulf between Trump’s bombastic self-promotion and Johnson’s self-deprecating, rather shambolic persona, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Lovelock at 100

  • LONDON, U.K.—Forty years ago, James Lovelock published his book Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, setting forth his hypothesis that all life
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 26, 2019
British environmentalist James Lovelock turns 100 on Friday. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Lovelock at 100

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 26, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Forty years ago, James Lovelock published his book Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, setting forth his hypothesis that all life

Lovelock at 100

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 26, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Forty years ago, James Lovelock published his book Gaia: a New Look at Life on Earth, setting forth his hypothesis that all life
British environmentalist James Lovelock turns 100 on Friday. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week) is what you would get
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
Boris Johnson, like Donald Trump, conspicuously lacks a set of objectives that goes beyond merely winning and keeping power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week) is what you would get

The last prime minister of the United Kingdom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been suggested that Boris Johnson (who becomes the prime minister of the United Kingdom this week) is what you would get
Boris Johnson, like Donald Trump, conspicuously lacks a set of objectives that goes beyond merely winning and keeping power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Afghanistan: ‘a decent interval’

  • LONDON, U.K.—There is movement towards peace in Afghanistan—or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted for almost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
If the remaining 14,000 U.S. troops and their associated air power leave, it’s game over for President Ashraf Ghani’s ‘puppet’ government (as the Taliban call it). The U.S. implicitly recognizes this reality because it’s only American diplomats, not official Afghan government representatives, who are negotiating with the Taliban in Qatar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Afghanistan: ‘a decent interval’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is movement towards peace in Afghanistan—or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted for almost

Afghanistan: ‘a decent interval’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 22, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is movement towards peace in Afghanistan—or at least towards an end to the American military ordeal there, which has lasted for almost
If the remaining 14,000 U.S. troops and their associated air power leave, it’s game over for President Ashraf Ghani’s ‘puppet’ government (as the Taliban call it). The U.S. implicitly recognizes this reality because it’s only American diplomats, not official Afghan government representatives, who are negotiating with the Taliban in Qatar. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Ukraine: the third revolution

  • LONDON, U.K.—“No promises, so no disappointments,” said Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky during the election campaign that made him the president last May. It was a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2019
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is a television comedian who really doesn’t have much in the way of policies yet—but he does represent a fresh start for Ukraine, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine: the third revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“No promises, so no disappointments,” said Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky during the election campaign that made him the president last May. It was a

Ukraine: the third revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“No promises, so no disappointments,” said Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky during the election campaign that made him the president last May. It was a
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky is a television comedian who really doesn’t have much in the way of policies yet—but he does represent a fresh start for Ukraine, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
The picture of 23-month-old Valeria Martinez, tucked into her father Oscar’s T-shirt, pictured on June 24, 2019, both dead face down on the banks of the Rio Grande, has unleashed a similar wave of sympathy in the United States, although it certainly hasn’t reached the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of El Paìs Internacional

The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image

The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image
The picture of 23-month-old Valeria Martinez, tucked into her father Oscar’s T-shirt, pictured on June 24, 2019, both dead face down on the banks of the Rio Grande, has unleashed a similar wave of sympathy in the United States, although it certainly hasn’t reached the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of El Paìs Internacional

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
It's been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor negotiated. In the latest provocation, on Monday, Iran announced that it would start enriching uranium fuel to more than 3.67 per cent, the limit set by the treaty that it signed in 2015. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year
It's been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor negotiated. In the latest provocation, on Monday, Iran announced that it would start enriching uranium fuel to more than 3.67 per cent, the limit set by the treaty that it signed in 2015. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
The Al Jazeera office, pictured, in Doha, Qatar. Its management has been taking out full-page paid ads in leading world newspapers (e.g. The New York Times on June 23 and The Guardian on June 29) pointing out that they now face a 'credible death threat' from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, they’re right. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem
The Al Jazeera office, pictured, in Doha, Qatar. Its management has been taking out full-page paid ads in leading world newspapers (e.g. The New York Times on June 23 and The Guardian on June 29) pointing out that they now face a 'credible death threat' from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, they’re right. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

The Brexit cult

  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, both contenders for the Tory leadership in the U.K., have vowed to junk May’s deal and 'renegotiate' a better one, but that truly is infeasible, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Brexit cult

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the

The Brexit cult

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, both contenders for the Tory leadership in the U.K., have vowed to junk May’s deal and 'renegotiate' a better one, but that truly is infeasible, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, right, pictured on June 21, 2019, with Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation of Djibouti, is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, right, pictured on June 21, 2019, with Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation of Djibouti, is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

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