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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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Global warming change can be abrupt, quite extreme, and once it happens it’s the new normal

  • LONDON, U.K.—Here are two interesting facts. One is that the winter temperatures in the Arctic this year were the highest ever recorded. On two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
The focus of concern for the moment, however, is on what the warming is doing to the Greenland ice-cap. This ice is on land, and when it melts it raises the sea-level. More importantly for the near term may be the fact that it is putting a large volume of fresh water into the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of NASA

Global warming change can be abrupt, quite extreme, and once it happens it’s the new normal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here are two interesting facts. One is that the winter temperatures in the Arctic this year were the highest ever recorded. On two

Global warming change can be abrupt, quite extreme, and once it happens it’s the new normal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here are two interesting facts. One is that the winter temperatures in the Arctic this year were the highest ever recorded. On two
The focus of concern for the moment, however, is on what the warming is doing to the Greenland ice-cap. This ice is on land, and when it melts it raises the sea-level. More importantly for the near term may be the fact that it is putting a large volume of fresh water into the northern North Atlantic Ocean. Photograph courtesy of NASA

Italy: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

  • LONDON, U.K.–From the European Union’s point of view, Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 22, 2018
Matteo Salvini leads the League, the populist, far-right party that forms one part of a new coalition government in Italy. Screenshot via Al Jazeera

Italy: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 22, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–From the European Union’s point of view, Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain

Italy: The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 22, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–From the European Union’s point of view, Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain
Matteo Salvini leads the League, the populist, far-right party that forms one part of a new coalition government in Italy. Screenshot via Al Jazeera

Malaysia gets a second chance

  • LONDON, U.K.—Mahathir Mohamad was always a curious character. He was prime minister of Malaysia for 22 years, and although he did not enrich himself,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2018
A happy ending to the tale, but there is one more service Mahathir Mohamad could do for his country, and he is the only person who can do it. Only he has the prestige, and now also the power, to end the special legal position enjoyed by his fellow Malays. Photograph courtesy of Common Wikipedia

Malaysia gets a second chance

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Mahathir Mohamad was always a curious character. He was prime minister of Malaysia for 22 years, and although he did not enrich himself,

Malaysia gets a second chance

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Mahathir Mohamad was always a curious character. He was prime minister of Malaysia for 22 years, and although he did not enrich himself,
A happy ending to the tale, but there is one more service Mahathir Mohamad could do for his country, and he is the only person who can do it. Only he has the prestige, and now also the power, to end the special legal position enjoyed by his fellow Malays. Photograph courtesy of Common Wikipedia

Iran: extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B

  • LONDON, U.K.—The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 14, 2018
The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President Hassan Rouhani’s government to buckle at once (which is almost unimaginable), there is nothing else he can do short of going to war with the country. And he couldn’t even win that war. Photograph NBC News screen capture

Iran: extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 14, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President

Iran: extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 14, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President
The extraordinary thing is that there is no Plan B. If Donald Trump’s re-imposition of American sanctions on Iran does not cause President Hassan Rouhani’s government to buckle at once (which is almost unimaginable), there is nothing else he can do short of going to war with the country. And he couldn’t even win that war. Photograph NBC News screen capture

Iran deal: a bird in the hand…

  • LONDON, U.K.—It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the bush. U.S. President Donald
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2018
So Donald Trump will repudiate the Iran deal on May 12, or maybe a little later. It will probably then die (although the other five countries will try to keep it going), because Iranians’ pride will not let them stay in a deal whose benefits, in terms of access to world trade, have evaporated, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Iran deal: a bird in the hand…

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the bush. U.S. President Donald

Iran deal: a bird in the hand…

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the bush. U.S. President Donald
So Donald Trump will repudiate the Iran deal on May 12, or maybe a little later. It will probably then die (although the other five countries will try to keep it going), because Iranians’ pride will not let them stay in a deal whose benefits, in terms of access to world trade, have evaporated, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

What North Korea wants

  • LONDON, U.K.—What does Kim Jon-un want? One thing: security. He doesn’t want to conquer the world. It’s impractical: only one out of every 300
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2018
What does Kim Jon-un want? One thing: security. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

What North Korea wants

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—What does Kim Jon-un want? One thing: security. He doesn’t want to conquer the world. It’s impractical: only one out of every 300

What North Korea wants

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 30, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—What does Kim Jon-un want? One thing: security. He doesn’t want to conquer the world. It’s impractical: only one out of every 300
What does Kim Jon-un want? One thing: security. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Three presidents face jail

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Presidents and prime ministers who start wars still don’t go to jail, but in democratic countries it is getting common to see presidents
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 16, 2018
Then South Korean president Park Geun-hye, pictured with Pope Francis and cardinal Pietro Parolin onAug. 21, 2014, was sentenced last week to 24 years in prison and fined $17-million. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Three presidents face jail

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 16, 2018
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Presidents and prime ministers who start wars still don’t go to jail, but in democratic countries it is getting common to see presidents

Three presidents face jail

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 16, 2018
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Presidents and prime ministers who start wars still don’t go to jail, but in democratic countries it is getting common to see presidents
Then South Korean president Park Geun-hye, pictured with Pope Francis and cardinal Pietro Parolin onAug. 21, 2014, was sentenced last week to 24 years in prison and fined $17-million. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

No hell below us, above us only sky

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 9, 2018
Pope Francis is a practical man, and he chooses his battles carefully, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

No hell below us, above us only sky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven

No hell below us, above us only sky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Pope did not say there is no Heaven. There is nothing intellectually embarrassing about the notion that good people go to Heaven
Pope Francis is a practical man, and he chooses his battles carefully, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Yemeni missiles: SSDD

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is—a threat to the peace and security of the whole
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2018
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said last December, 'We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is—a threat to the peace and security of the whole world,' trying to drum up support for stronger international sanctions against Iran, and maybe even an actual attack on the country. Here we go again. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Yemeni missiles: SSDD

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is—a threat to the peace and security of the whole

Yemeni missiles: SSDD

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 2, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is—a threat to the peace and security of the whole
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said last December, 'We must speak with one voice in exposing the regime for what it is—a threat to the peace and security of the whole world,' trying to drum up support for stronger international sanctions against Iran, and maybe even an actual attack on the country. Here we go again. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Dictators and elections

  • LONDON, U.K.—Why do they bother? A week ago, Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator, got himself ‘re-elected’ to his fourth six-year term by a 76
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 28, 2018
Russian president Vladimir Putin was recently re-elected to a fourth six-year term by a 76 per cent majority on a 76 per cent turn-out, in an election that many in the West have slammed as a sham. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Dictators and elections

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Why do they bother? A week ago, Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator, got himself ‘re-elected’ to his fourth six-year term by a 76

Dictators and elections

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Why do they bother? A week ago, Vladimir Putin, the Russian dictator, got himself ‘re-elected’ to his fourth six-year term by a 76
Russian president Vladimir Putin was recently re-elected to a fourth six-year term by a 76 per cent majority on a 76 per cent turn-out, in an election that many in the West have slammed as a sham. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Duterte: mass murderer in power

  • LONDON, U.K.—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once said that Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown by the first non-violent revolution (‘People Power’) in 1986, would have
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Duterte: mass murderer in power

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once said that Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown by the first non-violent revolution (‘People Power’) in 1986, would have

Duterte: mass murderer in power

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte once said that Ferdinand Marcos, who was overthrown by the first non-violent revolution (‘People Power’) in 1986, would have
U.S. President Donald Trump and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Self-driving cars and the future of transportation

  • There are always some casualties when a new form of transportation comes along. In 1830, at the official opening of the world’s first railway,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 21, 2018
'Tthe widespread use of self-driving vehicles will almost certainly bring down the death rates sharply everywhere, because even if computers can be as stupid as human drivers, they cannot be as impatient or angry or drunk,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Hill Times file photograph

Self-driving cars and the future of transportation

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 21, 2018
  • There are always some casualties when a new form of transportation comes along. In 1830, at the official opening of the world’s first railway,

Self-driving cars and the future of transportation

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 21, 2018
  • There are always some casualties when a new form of transportation comes along. In 1830, at the official opening of the world’s first railway,
'Tthe widespread use of self-driving vehicles will almost certainly bring down the death rates sharply everywhere, because even if computers can be as stupid as human drivers, they cannot be as impatient or angry or drunk,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Hill Times file photograph

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

  • LONDON, U.K.—Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 19, 2018
Rex Tillerson, pictured on Dec. 19, 2017 on Parliament Hill with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland after bi-lateral talks in Ottawa, was fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last week. Mr. Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a 'moron' in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and did not take the opportunity to deny it when a journalist asked him in public, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon,

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon,
Rex Tillerson, pictured on Dec. 19, 2017 on Parliament Hill with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland after bi-lateral talks in Ottawa, was fired by U.S. President Donald Trump last week. Mr. Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a 'moron' in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and did not take the opportunity to deny it when a journalist asked him in public, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

  • Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2018
The net effect of all this ‘turmoil’ in the White House, unsurprisingly, has been to remove most of the people whose ideas, values, or experience and knowledge of the world led them to disagree with Trump’s obsessions, his policies (to the extent that he has any), or just his whims of the moment. What’s left, for the most part, are the yes-men and women, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2018
  • Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and

Tillerson gone, Trump unleashed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2018
  • Rex Tillerson did not suffer fools gladly. He called Donald Trump a “moron” in a private conversation after one meeting at the Pentagon, and
The net effect of all this ‘turmoil’ in the White House, unsurprisingly, has been to remove most of the people whose ideas, values, or experience and knowledge of the world led them to disagree with Trump’s obsessions, his policies (to the extent that he has any), or just his whims of the moment. What’s left, for the most part, are the yes-men and women, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Trump and Kim

  • I think I know why President Donald Trump suddenly agreed to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after a year of mutual
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2018
For Kim Jong-un, right, the 'minimum goal is to establish North Korea as a legitimate sovereign state that is accepted by other sovereign states (including the United States) as an equal. Just having a one-on-one discussion with Trump (pictured left) about the security problems of the Korean peninsula gives him that,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and KCNA

Trump and Kim

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2018
  • I think I know why President Donald Trump suddenly agreed to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after a year of mutual

Trump and Kim

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2018
  • I think I know why President Donald Trump suddenly agreed to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after a year of mutual
For Kim Jong-un, right, the 'minimum goal is to establish North Korea as a legitimate sovereign state that is accepted by other sovereign states (including the United States) as an equal. Just having a one-on-one discussion with Trump (pictured left) about the security problems of the Korean peninsula gives him that,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and KCNA

Aleppo and the media

  • LONDON, U.K.—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 12, 2018
But that is what happens in sieges, even when they are conducted by people much nicer than Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Does anybody really believe that the civilian death toll will be lower if and when the Iraqi army retakes the besieged city of Mosul, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Aleppo and the media

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption

Aleppo and the media

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption
But that is what happens in sieges, even when they are conducted by people much nicer than Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Does anybody really believe that the civilian death toll will be lower if and when the Iraqi army retakes the besieged city of Mosul, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Italy: The Migrant ‘Flood’

  • Lucky old Italy just got two Donald Trumps for the price of one. One of the big winners in last Sunday’s Italian election was
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 7, 2018
Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Manfred Heyde/Wikimedia Commons

Italy: The Migrant ‘Flood’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 7, 2018
  • Lucky old Italy just got two Donald Trumps for the price of one. One of the big winners in last Sunday’s Italian election was

Italy: The Migrant ‘Flood’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 7, 2018
  • Lucky old Italy just got two Donald Trumps for the price of one. One of the big winners in last Sunday’s Italian election was
Palazzo Montecitorio, seat of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Manfred Heyde/Wikimedia Commons

Xi not likely to ‘do a Mao’ and unleash chaos in China

  • LONDON, U.K.—On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee approved a proposal that the country’s president no longer be limited to two five-year terms
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2018
Xi Jinping has spent his first five-year term eliminating all his powerful rivals (generally on corruption charges), and now his victory is being enshrined by a change in the constitution. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Xi not likely to ‘do a Mao’ and unleash chaos in China

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee approved a proposal that the country’s president no longer be limited to two five-year terms

Xi not likely to ‘do a Mao’ and unleash chaos in China

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—On Monday, the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee approved a proposal that the country’s president no longer be limited to two five-year terms
Xi Jinping has spent his first five-year term eliminating all his powerful rivals (generally on corruption charges), and now his victory is being enshrined by a change in the constitution. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Why wait another month to report on Russian election when we can wrap it up right now?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Why wait another month to report on the Russian election on March 18 when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2018
Vladimir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide; probably between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of the popular vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Why wait another month to report on Russian election when we can wrap it up right now?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Why wait another month to report on the Russian election on March 18 when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin

Why wait another month to report on Russian election when we can wrap it up right now?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Why wait another month to report on the Russian election on March 18 when we can wrap it up right now? Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is going to win another six years in power by a landslide; probably between 60 per cent and 70 per cent of the popular vote. The real question is what happens after that, because he will be 72 by the end of his next term and will not legally be allowed to run for president again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Amateur hour in the Middle East

  • On Sunday it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds (who are technically rebels) fight off
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 20, 2018
Gwynne Dyer writes that while the United States doesn’t want Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pictured, to emerge victorious in the country's brutal civil war, beyond that, they 'don’t know what they want.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Amateur hour in the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 20, 2018
  • On Sunday it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds (who are technically rebels) fight off

Amateur hour in the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 20, 2018
  • On Sunday it was revealed that the Syrian army has made a deal to help the Syrian Kurds (who are technically rebels) fight off
Gwynne Dyer writes that while the United States doesn’t want Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pictured, to emerge victorious in the country's brutal civil war, beyond that, they 'don’t know what they want.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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