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

Surviving the population crash

  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last arms control treaty expires

  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

One Danish soldier

  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Geoengineering for grown-ups

  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Ukraine: once more around the loop

  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

Sudan: another partition?

  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
Almost everybody now realizes that the First World War was a huge, pointless waste of at least 11 million lives, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph

How to remember the war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his

How to remember the war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his
Almost everybody now realizes that the First World War was a huge, pointless waste of at least 11 million lives, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph

Brexit and the border

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
Now Theresa May’s position is pure fantasy: no customs border with the EU either on land or in the Irish Sea. Which is why the probability of a chaotic ‘no deal’ Brexit is growing daily, and the prospect of renewed war in the North is creeping closer, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr

Brexit and the border

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that

Brexit and the border

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that
Now Theresa May’s position is pure fantasy: no customs border with the EU either on land or in the Irish Sea. Which is why the probability of a chaotic ‘no deal’ Brexit is growing daily, and the prospect of renewed war in the North is creeping closer, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
Prime Minister Imran Khan's appeal for voluntary contributions to fund the big dam is mostly symbolic: you can’t raise the $12-billion needed to build the dam that way. What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian
Prime Minister Imran Khan's appeal for voluntary contributions to fund the big dam is mostly symbolic: you can’t raise the $12-billion needed to build the dam that way. What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Yemen: the bigger lie

  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured in this file photograph. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Yemen: the bigger lie

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady

Yemen: the bigger lie

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured in this file photograph. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in Moscow on Oct. 22. Mr. Bolton's boss, U.S. President Donald Trump, said this week he would pull out of a 31-year-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia because he said Russia had violated it. Photograph courtesy of the Russian Foreign Ministry

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in Moscow on Oct. 22. Mr. Bolton's boss, U.S. President Donald Trump, said this week he would pull out of a 31-year-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia because he said Russia had violated it. Photograph courtesy of the Russian Foreign Ministry

Zimbabwe: broke again

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Zimbabwe is open for business,” was President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2018
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s, left, slogan in the July election was supposed to show that the long and destructive reign of dictator Robert Mugabe, overthrown late last year, is really now a thing of the past. The country has been getting steadily poorer for decades now, but this election would be the turning point, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Zimbabwe: broke again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Zimbabwe is open for business,” was President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and

Zimbabwe: broke again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Zimbabwe is open for business,” was President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s slogan in the July election that was supposed to show that the long and
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s, left, slogan in the July election was supposed to show that the long and destructive reign of dictator Robert Mugabe, overthrown late last year, is really now a thing of the past. The country has been getting steadily poorer for decades now, but this election would be the turning point, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Khashoggi: worse than a crime

  • LONDON, U.K.—If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did send a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did send a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pictured, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 10 days ago, what will happen next? Photograph courtey of Wikipedia

Khashoggi: worse than a crime

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did send a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident

Khashoggi: worse than a crime

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did send a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident
If Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS), really did send a hit team to Turkey to murder dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, pictured, in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul 10 days ago, what will happen next? Photograph courtey of Wikipedia

The other shoe: UN report on climate change doesn’t talk about the feedbacks, refugees, mass death

  • LONDON, U.K.—They still haven’t dropped the other shoe. The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’ contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’ contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen when we reach an average global temperature 1.5 Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

The other shoe: UN report on climate change doesn’t talk about the feedbacks, refugees, mass death

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—They still haven’t dropped the other shoe. The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’ contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen

The other shoe: UN report on climate change doesn’t talk about the feedbacks, refugees, mass death

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—They still haven’t dropped the other shoe. The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’ contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen
The ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 C’ contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen when we reach an average global temperature 1.5 Celsius higher than the pre-industrial average. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

In Brazil, the hard right wins again

  • LONDON, U.K.—A man who makes Donald Trump look like a bleeding-heart liberal will almost certainly be Brazil’s next president. Jair Bolsonaro won 46 per
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro won 46 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s first round of the Brazilian presidential election, with twelve other candidates running. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In Brazil, the hard right wins again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—A man who makes Donald Trump look like a bleeding-heart liberal will almost certainly be Brazil’s next president. Jair Bolsonaro won 46 per

In Brazil, the hard right wins again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—A man who makes Donald Trump look like a bleeding-heart liberal will almost certainly be Brazil’s next president. Jair Bolsonaro won 46 per
Jair Bolsonaro won 46 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s first round of the Brazilian presidential election, with twelve other candidates running. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iraq’s new hope

  • LONDON, U.K.—Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary “weapons of mass destruction,” what have the Iraqis got to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2018
Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary ‘weapons of mass destruction,' what have the Iraqis got to show for it? There was a great deal of death and destruction (around half a million Iraqis have died violently since 2003), but they do now have a democratically elected government. Sort of. Photograph courtesy of Picryl

Iraq’s new hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary “weapons of mass destruction,” what have the Iraqis got to

Iraq’s new hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary “weapons of mass destruction,” what have the Iraqis got to
Fifteen years after George W. Bush invaded Iraq to destroy Saddam Hussein’s imaginary ‘weapons of mass destruction,' what have the Iraqis got to show for it? There was a great deal of death and destruction (around half a million Iraqis have died violently since 2003), but they do now have a democratically elected government. Sort of. Photograph courtesy of Picryl

Do civilizations survive?

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The universe is a pretty big place,” as Carl Sagan once remarked. “If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 1, 2018
In other models, the planet’s people (creatures? beings?) delay switching the energy sources for too long. They all switch in the end, but the laggards still don’t make it. The population starts to fall, then appears to stabilize for a while, then rushes downward to extinction. Nobody saw that one coming, but it’s what the models are telling us. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Do civilizations survive?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 1, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The universe is a pretty big place,” as Carl Sagan once remarked. “If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”

Do civilizations survive?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 1, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The universe is a pretty big place,” as Carl Sagan once remarked. “If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.”
In other models, the planet’s people (creatures? beings?) delay switching the energy sources for too long. They all switch in the end, but the laggards still don’t make it. The population starts to fall, then appears to stabilize for a while, then rushes downward to extinction. Nobody saw that one coming, but it’s what the models are telling us. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Are we seeing the first shots of another Gulf war?

  • The men who carried out Saturday’s attack on the parade in Ahvaz, in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, were well trained: four of them
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2018
Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, pinned the blame for the attack during the parade on the 'small [Arab] puppet countries in the region,' which he said have the backing of the U.S. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Are we seeing the first shots of another Gulf war?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2018
  • The men who carried out Saturday’s attack on the parade in Ahvaz, in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, were well trained: four of them

Are we seeing the first shots of another Gulf war?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2018
  • The men who carried out Saturday’s attack on the parade in Ahvaz, in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, were well trained: four of them
Hassan Rouhani, the president of Iran, pinned the blame for the attack during the parade on the 'small [Arab] puppet countries in the region,' which he said have the backing of the U.S. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s trade war with China could start the Second Cold War

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this month, the financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, triggering the 2008 Crash and the subsequent Great
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2018
Will we look back on this month as the turning point when Donald Trump’s trade war with Xi Jinping's China unleash the Second Great Recession? Probably not, but may start the Second Cold War, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada, Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s trade war with China could start the Second Cold War

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this month, the financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, triggering the 2008 Crash and the subsequent Great

Trump’s trade war with China could start the Second Cold War

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ten years ago this month, the financial services firm Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, triggering the 2008 Crash and the subsequent Great
Will we look back on this month as the turning point when Donald Trump’s trade war with Xi Jinping's China unleash the Second Great Recession? Probably not, but may start the Second Cold War, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada, Wikimedia Commons

30 minutes in Salisbury

  • LONDON, U.K.—Salisbury is a nice old English town with a fine cathedral, only an hour and a half from London by train, but it
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
Britain has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of sending assassins to kill former Soviet spy Sergei Skripal and of using a banned weapon. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

30 minutes in Salisbury

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Salisbury is a nice old English town with a fine cathedral, only an hour and a half from London by train, but it

30 minutes in Salisbury

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Salisbury is a nice old English town with a fine cathedral, only an hour and a half from London by train, but it
Britain has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of sending assassins to kill former Soviet spy Sergei Skripal and of using a banned weapon. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Half a billion Tanzanians?

  • LONDON, U.K.—I was one of five children, so I am in an invidious position when I write about population growth. That was quite normal
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
Tanzania President John Pemba Magufuli, right, pictured on May 11, 2017, with then South African president Jacob Zuma, left. President Magufuli thinks women should throw away their contraceptives because the country needs more people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Half a billion Tanzanians?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I was one of five children, so I am in an invidious position when I write about population growth. That was quite normal

Half a billion Tanzanians?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I was one of five children, so I am in an invidious position when I write about population growth. That was quite normal
Tanzania President John Pemba Magufuli, right, pictured on May 11, 2017, with then South African president Jacob Zuma, left. President Magufuli thinks women should throw away their contraceptives because the country needs more people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

No more Palestinian refugees

  • Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 5, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the East Room of the White House in February 2017. Mr. Trump recently announced that the U.S. is halting funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which has long provided aid to Palestinian refugees. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No more Palestinian refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 5, 2018
  • Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong

No more Palestinian refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 5, 2018
  • Who said this? “The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong, for good or for ill, survive. The strong
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured at the East Room of the White House in February 2017. Mr. Trump recently announced that the U.S. is halting funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which has long provided aid to Palestinian refugees. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bye-bye Lula

  • On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula,” former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2018
Former Brazilian president Luiz 'Lula' Inácio da Silva is prohibited from running in the country's presidential elections. He enjoys a higher approval rating than the presidential candidates. Screen capture via the Guardian

Bye-bye Lula

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2018
  • On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula,” former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He

Bye-bye Lula

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2018
  • On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula,” former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He
Former Brazilian president Luiz 'Lula' Inácio da Silva is prohibited from running in the country's presidential elections. He enjoys a higher approval rating than the presidential candidates. Screen capture via the Guardian

Let’s hope Australia’s political sickness isn’t contagious

  • LONDON, U.K.—I happened to be in Canberra a couple of weeks ago, speaking to a room full of journalists at the National Press Club,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2018
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, pictured during a visit to Canada in 2014, was ousted from atop his Liberal Party by a member of his caucus, Malcolm Turnbull, in 2015. Mr. Turnbull was in turn ousted from his post as prime minister late last month by Scott Morrison, also a member of the Liberal caucus. The Hill Times file photograph

Let’s hope Australia’s political sickness isn’t contagious

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I happened to be in Canberra a couple of weeks ago, speaking to a room full of journalists at the National Press Club,

Let’s hope Australia’s political sickness isn’t contagious

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I happened to be in Canberra a couple of weeks ago, speaking to a room full of journalists at the National Press Club,
Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott, pictured during a visit to Canada in 2014, was ousted from atop his Liberal Party by a member of his caucus, Malcolm Turnbull, in 2015. Mr. Turnbull was in turn ousted from his post as prime minister late last month by Scott Morrison, also a member of the Liberal caucus. The Hill Times file photograph

China’s repression of Uyghurs targets symptoms, not cause of unrest

  • LONDON, U.K.—Two weeks ago Professor Gay McDougall, co-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, alleged that up to a million
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 27, 2018
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, second from left, accompanied by then-ambassador Luo Zhaohui, left, met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale during an official visit to Canada in September, 2016. The Hill Times file photograph

China’s repression of Uyghurs targets symptoms, not cause of unrest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 27, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Two weeks ago Professor Gay McDougall, co-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, alleged that up to a million

China’s repression of Uyghurs targets symptoms, not cause of unrest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 27, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Two weeks ago Professor Gay McDougall, co-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, alleged that up to a million
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, second from left, accompanied by then-ambassador Luo Zhaohui, left, met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale during an official visit to Canada in September, 2016. The Hill Times file photograph

International Criminal Court right to go after Duterte, even if they’ll probably never get him

  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the good news: last February the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 20, 2018
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, pictured in 2017 in Bacolod City, Philippines. The International Criminal Court has begun an investigation into Mr. Duterte's ordered killings of Filipinos involved in the drug trade. Photograph by Author Ceslou, courtesy of Wikimedia

International Criminal Court right to go after Duterte, even if they’ll probably never get him

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 20, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the good news: last February the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by

International Criminal Court right to go after Duterte, even if they’ll probably never get him

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 20, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the good news: last February the International Criminal Court at The Hague opened an inquiry into alleged crimes against humanity committed by
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, pictured in 2017 in Bacolod City, Philippines. The International Criminal Court has begun an investigation into Mr. Duterte's ordered killings of Filipinos involved in the drug trade. Photograph by Author Ceslou, courtesy of Wikimedia

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