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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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Hope and fear in Algeria

  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the most popular slogans in the street protests in Algeria has been, “Neither beard, nor kamis, nor police.” That needs a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 4, 2019
Abdelaziz Bouteflikae, Algeria's 82-year-old president, was forced to resign this week after six weeks of peaceful demonstrations. Photograph by Magharebia via Twitter

Hope and fear in Algeria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the most popular slogans in the street protests in Algeria has been, “Neither beard, nor kamis, nor police.” That needs a

Hope and fear in Algeria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the most popular slogans in the street protests in Algeria has been, “Neither beard, nor kamis, nor police.” That needs a
Abdelaziz Bouteflikae, Algeria's 82-year-old president, was forced to resign this week after six weeks of peaceful demonstrations. Photograph by Magharebia via Twitter

Conquest is always an option

  • When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, affirming Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, there was an outcry that went
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2019
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing corruption charges, which could cost him the upcoming vote in April. The Hill Times file photograph

Conquest is always an option

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2019
  • When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, affirming Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, there was an outcry that went

Conquest is always an option

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2019
  • When U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday, affirming Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, there was an outcry that went
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing corruption charges, which could cost him the upcoming vote in April. The Hill Times file photograph

World’s leading demagogue, Erdogan

  • LONDON, U.K.—You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he’s really an icon of democracy, just slightly
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, right, pictured Nov. 22, 2017, with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Erdogan may look like an aging, disappointed post office clerk, passed over for promotion too many times, but he can take an ignorant remark from halfway around the planet and inflate it into an existential threat to Turkey’s future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

World’s leading demagogue, Erdogan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he’s really an icon of democracy, just slightly

World’s leading demagogue, Erdogan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump, he’s really an icon of democracy, just slightly
Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, right, pictured Nov. 22, 2017, with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Erdogan may look like an aging, disappointed post office clerk, passed over for promotion too many times, but he can take an ignorant remark from halfway around the planet and inflate it into an existential threat to Turkey’s future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Xinjiang: the silence of the Muslims

  • LONDON, U.K.—Muslim governments were not silent when Burma murdered thousands of Rohingya, its Muslim minority, and expelled 700,000 of them across the border into
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2019
Detainees listening to speeches in a re-education camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017. Up to one million Chinese citizens have been sent to concentration camps in Xinjiang for the non-crime of being Muslim, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Xinjiang: the silence of the Muslims

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Muslim governments were not silent when Burma murdered thousands of Rohingya, its Muslim minority, and expelled 700,000 of them across the border into

Xinjiang: the silence of the Muslims

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Muslim governments were not silent when Burma murdered thousands of Rohingya, its Muslim minority, and expelled 700,000 of them across the border into
Detainees listening to speeches in a re-education camp in Lop County, Xinjiang, April 2017. Up to one million Chinese citizens have been sent to concentration camps in Xinjiang for the non-crime of being Muslim, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Brexit border backstop

  • LONDON, U.K.—The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at them with pity and scorn. But
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2019
British Prime Minister Theresa May's November deal with the EU promised that the United Kingdom would stay in the existing customs union with the EU, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

Brexit border backstop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at them with pity and scorn. But

Brexit border backstop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at them with pity and scorn. But
British Prime Minister Theresa May's November deal with the EU promised that the United Kingdom would stay in the existing customs union with the EU, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

Another Arab Spring?

  • LONDON, U.K.—The slogans of the ‘Arab Spring’ are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want the fall of the regime,” chant
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2019
As in the Arab Spring, the protests this time are really fuelled by falling living standards. A dictatorship that was tolerated while living standards were rising becomes intolerable when there are not enough jobs and it’s getting hard to put food on the table, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Another Arab Spring?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The slogans of the ‘Arab Spring’ are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want the fall of the regime,” chant

Another Arab Spring?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The slogans of the ‘Arab Spring’ are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want the fall of the regime,” chant
As in the Arab Spring, the protests this time are really fuelled by falling living standards. A dictatorship that was tolerated while living standards were rising becomes intolerable when there are not enough jobs and it’s getting hard to put food on the table, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

India-Pakistan: maybe war, but not a water war

  • After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes across
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2019
Indian, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, could do a great deal of harm to Pakistan if it chose to, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

India-Pakistan: maybe war, but not a water war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2019
  • After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes across

India-Pakistan: maybe war, but not a water war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2019
  • After the terrorist attack on Indian troops in Kashmir two weeks ago that killed 40 Indian soldiers, but before Tuesday’s retaliatory air strikes across
Indian, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, could do a great deal of harm to Pakistan if it chose to, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Kim-Trump summit 2019

  • LONDON, U.K.—On a scale of one to 10, what are the chances that the meeting between Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean President Kim Jong-un at the historic summit in Singapore last year. The two world leaders are set to hold another summit this week. Screen capture via ABC News

Kim-Trump summit 2019

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—On a scale of one to 10, what are the chances that the meeting between Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump

Kim-Trump summit 2019

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—On a scale of one to 10, what are the chances that the meeting between Chairman Kim Jong-Un and U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean President Kim Jong-un at the historic summit in Singapore last year. The two world leaders are set to hold another summit this week. Screen capture via ABC News

Nigeria’s frontrunners in upcoming vote embody characteristics that define country’s problems

  • LONDON, U.K.—Lengthy delays before announcing the results of African elections are commonplace (the Democratic Republic of Congo last month, Zimbabwe last July, etc.). It
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 21, 2019
Muhammadu Buhari won power in 2015 by claiming to be a born-again democrat and a "new broom" who would sweep away corruption, and many Nigerians dared to believe him. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Nigeria’s frontrunners in upcoming vote embody characteristics that define country’s problems

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Lengthy delays before announcing the results of African elections are commonplace (the Democratic Republic of Congo last month, Zimbabwe last July, etc.). It

Nigeria’s frontrunners in upcoming vote embody characteristics that define country’s problems

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Lengthy delays before announcing the results of African elections are commonplace (the Democratic Republic of Congo last month, Zimbabwe last July, etc.). It
Muhammadu Buhari won power in 2015 by claiming to be a born-again democrat and a "new broom" who would sweep away corruption, and many Nigerians dared to believe him. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Trump, the promise keeper

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is a man of his word, and he promised his base to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2019
What Donald Trump does need to deliver on is banning abortion, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trump, the promise keeper

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is a man of his word, and he promised his base to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to

Trump, the promise keeper

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is a man of his word, and he promised his base to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico to
What Donald Trump does need to deliver on is banning abortion, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Spain and Catalonia

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been a busy week in Spain. On Tuesday, 12 Catalan leaders of the attempted secession from Spain in 2017 went on trial
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2019
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, pictured in this file photograph. His overnment fell on Wednesday when two small Catalan nationalist parties voted against its budget, essentially to punish it for not stopping the trial of 12 Catalan leaders of the attempted secession from Spain in 2017. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Spain and Catalonia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been a busy week in Spain. On Tuesday, 12 Catalan leaders of the attempted secession from Spain in 2017 went on trial

Spain and Catalonia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s been a busy week in Spain. On Tuesday, 12 Catalan leaders of the attempted secession from Spain in 2017 went on trial
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, pictured in this file photograph. His overnment fell on Wednesday when two small Catalan nationalist parties voted against its budget, essentially to punish it for not stopping the trial of 12 Catalan leaders of the attempted secession from Spain in 2017. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

The end of ISIS

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump last week said that he plans to formally announce that ISIS has been completely defeated this week. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

The end of ISIS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate.”

The end of ISIS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 percent of the caliphate.”
U.S. President Donald Trump last week said that he plans to formally announce that ISIS has been completely defeated this week. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

The end of ISIS

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 per cent of the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019

The end of ISIS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 per cent of the

The end of ISIS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump last week said: “It should be formally announced sometime probably next week that we will have 100 per cent of the

Magnetic reversal: no panic

  • LONDON, U.K.—For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with, alongside the old favourites like climate change, nuclear
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
The North Magnetic Pole and the North Geomagnetic Pole in 2017, shown on a map together with the geographic North Pole. Image courtesy of Wikipedia

Magnetic reversal: no panic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with, alongside the old favourites like climate change, nuclear

Magnetic reversal: no panic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with, alongside the old favourites like climate change, nuclear
The North Magnetic Pole and the North Geomagnetic Pole in 2017, shown on a map together with the geographic North Pole. Image courtesy of Wikipedia

The great dying, the Little Ice Age, and us

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Black Death killed about 30 per cent of the European population in a few years in the middle of the 14th century.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
When the tens of millions of native Americans died, the forests grew back on the land they used to farm. All those forests absorbed so much carbon dioxide that the average global temperature dropped, and what would otherwise have been a minor cyclical cooling became the Little Ice Age, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

The great dying, the Little Ice Age, and us

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Black Death killed about 30 per cent of the European population in a few years in the middle of the 14th century.

The great dying, the Little Ice Age, and us

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Black Death killed about 30 per cent of the European population in a few years in the middle of the 14th century.
When the tens of millions of native Americans died, the forests grew back on the land they used to farm. All those forests absorbed so much carbon dioxide that the average global temperature dropped, and what would otherwise have been a minor cyclical cooling became the Little Ice Age, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
'The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international terrorist groups or individuals,' said Zalmay Khalilzad, left, the U.S. official in charge of Afghanistan peace talks, on Jan. 29. So why didn’t the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago, in October 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international

Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international
'The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international terrorist groups or individuals,' said Zalmay Khalilzad, left, the U.S. official in charge of Afghanistan peace talks, on Jan. 29. So why didn’t the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago, in October 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Congo: half a loaf

  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshitsekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the big Congo), but they are privately lamenting it while accepting that it is probably the least bad option now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Congo: half a loaf

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s

Congo: half a loaf

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s
They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshitsekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the big Congo), but they are privately lamenting it while accepting that it is probably the least bad option now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
Not enough people will switch to a plant-based diet soon enough, or maybe ever, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photo by Scott Warman via Unsplash

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat
Not enough people will switch to a plant-based diet soon enough, or maybe ever, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photo by Scott Warman via Unsplash

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
It was Recep Tayyib Erdogan, in a telephone conversation in mid-December, who persuaded Donad Trump that pulling all the U.S. troops out of Syria would be a good idea. Turkey would be happy to take the strain instead. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark
It was Recep Tayyib Erdogan, in a telephone conversation in mid-December, who persuaded Donad Trump that pulling all the U.S. troops out of Syria would be a good idea. Turkey would be happy to take the strain instead. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may lose the confidence of parliament over an agreement hashed out with North Macedonia. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may lose the confidence of parliament over an agreement hashed out with North Macedonia. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

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