Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Ht-Logo-gigapixel-icon
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Canada’s Politics and Government News Source Since 1989

Latest Paper
Wednesday, August 20, 2025 | Latest Paper
Subscribe Now

TRENDING:

Gwynne Dyer

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

Trump management

  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

The AI crash

  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor

The pantomime ends in Gaza

  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
All the back-and-forth diplomacy in Gaza over the past six months was just for show, and the only audience that mattered was U.S. President Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The pantomime ends in Gaza

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence

The pantomime ends in Gaza

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 28, 2025
  • Since food distribution to Palestinians is so erratic, deaths from this artificial famine continue to grow. It’s not clear whether this is random malevolence
All the back-and-forth diplomacy in Gaza over the past six months was just for show, and the only audience that mattered was U.S. President Donald Trump, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

No need to panic about China aggression in Taiwan—yet

  • No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2025
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping will never rule out using force to ‘recover’ Taiwan, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No need to panic about China aggression in Taiwan—yet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2025
  • No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a

No need to panic about China aggression in Taiwan—yet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2025
  • No government of Taiwan has ever seriously considered abandoning the sacred fiction that there is only one China including Taiwan. There is just a
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping will never rule out using force to ‘recover’ Taiwan, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Keep J.D. Vance from the throne, even at the cost of putting up with Trump

  • Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 21, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. The arrival of Trump 2.0 has been a shock to both the global trading system and the alliance structures that had prevailed since the 1950s, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Keep J.D. Vance from the throne, even at the cost of putting up with Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 21, 2025
  • Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession

Keep J.D. Vance from the throne, even at the cost of putting up with Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 21, 2025
  • Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. The arrival of Trump 2.0 has been a shock to both the global trading system and the alliance structures that had prevailed since the 1950s, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Buying time for Ukraine

  • U.S. President Donald Trump has promised more weapons for Ukraine, but is slow to penalize countries that still support Moscow’s war economy by buying
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelynskyy. For the first time, Ukraine will be getting weapons actually ordered by the U.S. president, though what Donald Trump is willing to send remains unclear. Photograph courtesy of Ukraine Office of the President

Buying time for Ukraine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has promised more weapons for Ukraine, but is slow to penalize countries that still support Moscow’s war economy by buying

Buying time for Ukraine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has promised more weapons for Ukraine, but is slow to penalize countries that still support Moscow’s war economy by buying
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelynskyy. For the first time, Ukraine will be getting weapons actually ordered by the U.S. president, though what Donald Trump is willing to send remains unclear. Photograph courtesy of Ukraine Office of the President

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
Solar panels
Solar panels
Volume production and technical innovations have brought the price of solar panels down so low that China is exporting them in huge quantities even to developing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper

Global progress on renewables but climate tipping points still on the horizon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 14, 2025
  • Coal, gas, and oil account for about 75 per cent of overall greenhouse gas emissions, so seeing countries like China rapidly switching to cheaper
Solar panels
Volume production and technical innovations have brought the price of solar panels down so low that China is exporting them in huge quantities even to developing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Musk, Trump, and Mao

  • There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2025
Most American political analysts have dismissed the electoral prospects of Elon Musk’s new political party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Flickr

Musk, Trump, and Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2025
  • There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of

Musk, Trump, and Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2025
  • There isn’t time for Musk to build a nationwide third party before the November 2026 mid-term elections for the Senate and the House of
Most American political analysts have dismissed the electoral prospects of Elon Musk’s new political party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Flickr

Long live the Dalai Lama

  • Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 7, 2025
The Dalai Lama, pictured in April 2012 during a visit to Ottawa, turned 90 on July 6. China views his death as a golden opportunity to ‘nationalize’ Tibetan Buddhism by giving the state the power to choose his successor, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Long live the Dalai Lama

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 7, 2025
  • Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are

Long live the Dalai Lama

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 7, 2025
  • Since the Chinese invasion of 1950, Tibet has been officially part of of the country and Beijing does not like religious leaders who are
The Dalai Lama, pictured in April 2012 during a visit to Ottawa, turned 90 on July 6. China views his death as a golden opportunity to ‘nationalize’ Tibetan Buddhism by giving the state the power to choose his successor, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world

  • Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2025
The key fact in any discussion about climate refugees is that the tropical countries—like the South Pacific island of Tuvalu—will be hit sooner and harder than those closer to the poles, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2025
  • Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles

Today Tuvalu, tomorrow the world

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 3, 2025
  • Almost one-third of the South Pacific island’s 10,000 residents entered a lottery whose 280 lucky winners would get a special climate-change visa that entitles
The key fact in any discussion about climate refugees is that the tropical countries—like the South Pacific island of Tuvalu—will be hit sooner and harder than those closer to the poles, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bangkok protests, Iran airstrikes, and stupid old men

  • With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 30, 2025
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, left, is facing calls for her resignation after a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bangkok protests, Iran airstrikes, and stupid old men

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 30, 2025
  • With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth

Bangkok protests, Iran airstrikes, and stupid old men

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 30, 2025
  • With a leaked call sparking protests in Thailand, Cambodia’s Hun Sen is taking an unnecessary risk for a doubtful outcome. But the uncomfortable truth
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, left, is facing calls for her resignation after a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s Hun Sen. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Much ado about nothing in Iran

  • You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2025
It took U.S. President Donald Trump a long time to realize that he had been played by the Israeli prime minister, but it won’t last because he cannot bear the idea that he was outsmarted, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

Much ado about nothing in Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2025
  • You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.

Much ado about nothing in Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2025
  • You can trust the Iranian regime, nasty though it is, not to let itself be drawn into truly dangerous confrontations with the United States.
It took U.S. President Donald Trump a long time to realize that he had been played by the Israeli prime minister, but it won’t last because he cannot bear the idea that he was outsmarted, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

The next forever war

  • If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Why did Iran start enriching uranium past the 3.5 per cent limit that it accepted in the 2015 deal? Because U.S. President Donald Trump tore up that deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The next forever war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2025
  • If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week

The next forever war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 23, 2025
  • If there really were a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week
Donald Trump
Why did Iran start enriching uranium past the 3.5 per cent limit that it accepted in the 2015 deal? Because U.S. President Donald Trump tore up that deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Netanyahu’s wars are movies on repeat

  • Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2025
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs photograph by Haim Zach 

Netanyahu’s wars are movies on repeat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2025
  • Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell

Netanyahu’s wars are movies on repeat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2025
  • Donald Trump has long known that the Israeli prime minister was trying to sucker him into a joint war against Iran, and never fell
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs photograph by Haim Zach 

Netanyahu’s wars

  • The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Iran is on the brink of getting nuclear weapons half a dozen times in the past 20 years, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Loey Felipe

Netanyahu’s wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2025
  • The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to

Netanyahu’s wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 16, 2025
  • The Israeli PM has broken his lifelong rule, and attacked Iran without America’s full support because he cannot bear to miss the chance to
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Iran is on the brink of getting nuclear weapons half a dozen times in the past 20 years, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Loey Felipe

Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling

  • It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2025
We cannot rebuild healthy oceans unless that bottom trawling stopped in the safe zones where fish populations should be able to recover, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of David Dodge/Green Energy Futures/Creative Commons

Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2025
  • It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in

Time to ban destructive practice of bottom trawling

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2025
  • It’s a practice responsible for the bulk of the damage that we've have done to the oceans. More than half the fish caught in
We cannot rebuild healthy oceans unless that bottom trawling stopped in the safe zones where fish populations should be able to recover, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of David Dodge/Green Energy Futures/Creative Commons

Wait and see is Europe’s best tactic with Trump as war rhetoric ramps up 

  • European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2025
It’s unlikely the United States ends up in a de facto alliance with Russia, but it’s possible, given U.S. President Donald Trump’s bizarre but undeniably very close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Shealah Craighead

Wait and see is Europe’s best tactic with Trump as war rhetoric ramps up 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2025
  • European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be

Wait and see is Europe’s best tactic with Trump as war rhetoric ramps up 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2025
  • European members of NATO are worried the U.S. is ending its guarantee of nuclear retaliation against a Russian attack. They are right to be
It’s unlikely the United States ends up in a de facto alliance with Russia, but it’s possible, given U.S. President Donald Trump’s bizarre but undeniably very close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Shealah Craighead

Where does Israel imagine starving Palestinians can go?

  • The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
As Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently pointed out to his colleagues, the problem with starving people is that the country’s allies cannot tolerate ‘images of mass famine,’ writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Where does Israel imagine starving Palestinians can go?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2025
  • The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to

Where does Israel imagine starving Palestinians can go?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2025
  • The number of people who starve to death will now rise steeply because Israel has only opened four feeding centres where there used to
Benjamin Netanyahu
As Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently pointed out to his colleagues, the problem with starving people is that the country’s allies cannot tolerate ‘images of mass famine,’ writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Climate calling: geoengineering or bust

  • The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
The inability to hold the warming down means more and bigger forest fires, floods, droughts, cyclones, and killer heatwaves, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate calling: geoengineering or bust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
  • The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into

Climate calling: geoengineering or bust

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2025
  • The only way to hold the heat down in the short term is direct intervention in the atmosphere to reflect more sunlight back into
The inability to hold the warming down means more and bigger forest fires, floods, droughts, cyclones, and killer heatwaves, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Add America to the no-go list for many journalists 

  • Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2025
Quite suddenly, under President Donald Trump, the United States has become just another great power where foreigners watch what they say, try to minimize contacts with official bodies, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Add America to the no-go list for many journalists 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2025
  • Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the

Add America to the no-go list for many journalists 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2025
  • Tourists don’t feel the immediate effects of the countries clamping down, but journalists are the canaries in the coalmine, and I’m certainly feeling the
Quite suddenly, under President Donald Trump, the United States has become just another great power where foreigners watch what they say, try to minimize contacts with official bodies, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

The mystique of monarchy takes another victim

  • Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
The whole show is designed to exploit U.S. President Donald Trump’s fascination with the British monarchy, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

The mystique of monarchy takes another victim

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2025
  • Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.

The mystique of monarchy takes another victim

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2025
  • Playing the monarchy card might protect both Canada and the U.K. from worse treatment at the hands of the U.S. president.
Donald Trump
The whole show is designed to exploit U.S. President Donald Trump’s fascination with the British monarchy, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

Israel’s impossible dream

  • Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2025
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is the most articulate exponent of the dream to “relocate” Palestinians, and he sees the war in Gaza as a heaven-sent opportunity to make it real, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Israel’s impossible dream

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2025
  • Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.

Israel’s impossible dream

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2025
  • Despite the far-right desire to expel all Arabs from the lands now controlled by Israel, it remains a cruel fantasy that will never happen.
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is the most articulate exponent of the dream to “relocate” Palestinians, and he sees the war in Gaza as a heaven-sent opportunity to make it real, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Can Ukraine survive Trump?

  • Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2025
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, will probably insist once again that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ‘no cards,’ and must submit, but that wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Can Ukraine survive Trump?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2025
  • Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink

Can Ukraine survive Trump?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2025
  • Although the U.S. president will try to bully Ukraine into accepting Russia’s terms, there is no evidence that Ukraine is really on the brink
Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelenskyy
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, will probably insist once again that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ‘no cards,’ and must submit, but that wasn’t true then and it isn’t true now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House
More Stories

Israel-Gaza war: a question of numbers

  • Qe now have is vivid, constant images of the killing process. The images of Israeli families murdered at breakfast are last month’s news; the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured on Parliament Hill in March 2012. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Israel-Gaza war: a question of numbers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2023
  • Qe now have is vivid, constant images of the killing process. The images of Israeli families murdered at breakfast are last month’s news; the

Israel-Gaza war: a question of numbers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2023
  • Qe now have is vivid, constant images of the killing process. The images of Israeli families murdered at breakfast are last month’s news; the
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured on Parliament Hill in March 2012. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Ukraine: the big push fails

  • If it really has become a war of attrition, Russia’s population is more than three times higher and its economy is 10 times bigger.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2023
The great Ukrainian offensive, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, finally got through most of the minefields and the ‘dragon’s teeth’ by early September, but they ran out of reserves, writes Gwynn Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

Ukraine: the big push fails

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2023
  • If it really has become a war of attrition, Russia’s population is more than three times higher and its economy is 10 times bigger.

Ukraine: the big push fails

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2023
  • If it really has become a war of attrition, Russia’s population is more than three times higher and its economy is 10 times bigger.
The great Ukrainian offensive, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, finally got through most of the minefields and the ‘dragon’s teeth’ by early September, but they ran out of reserves, writes Gwynn Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

Israel-Gaza: Better call Cicero

  • There is some truth in both the narratives, and which one people believe largely depends on their existing loyalties.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. Photograph courtesy of @POTUS

Israel-Gaza: Better call Cicero

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2023
  • There is some truth in both the narratives, and which one people believe largely depends on their existing loyalties.

Israel-Gaza: Better call Cicero

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2023
  • There is some truth in both the narratives, and which one people believe largely depends on their existing loyalties.
U.S. President Joe Biden, left, and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. Photograph courtesy of @POTUS

Gaza: creating a free-fire zone

  • Israel has enough global support after the massacres that it can do pretty much anything to the Palestinians in Gaza for the next week
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2023
An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tank. The IDF intends is to create a 'free-fire zone' in the northern third of the Gaza Strip where its soldiers can use maximum firepower without killing large numbers of civilians, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Gaza: creating a free-fire zone

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2023
  • Israel has enough global support after the massacres that it can do pretty much anything to the Palestinians in Gaza for the next week

Gaza: creating a free-fire zone

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 13, 2023
  • Israel has enough global support after the massacres that it can do pretty much anything to the Palestinians in Gaza for the next week
An Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tank. The IDF intends is to create a 'free-fire zone' in the northern third of the Gaza Strip where its soldiers can use maximum firepower without killing large numbers of civilians, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph via Wikimedia Commons

Australia’s referendum will result in further division

  • Australia's Oct. 14 referendum on having enshrining an Indigenous 'voice' in its Parliament is going to fail, and that will hugely damage trust between
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2023
When you see Australians adapting to diversity, but still treating Aboriginal people the same old way, you realize that it’s a specific situation, not just the Australian version of a general one. If you require confirmation, just look at New Zealand, where Maori is actually one of the national languages, writes Gwynne Dyer. Pixabay photograph courtesy of RebeccaLintzPhotography

Australia’s referendum will result in further division

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2023
  • Australia's Oct. 14 referendum on having enshrining an Indigenous 'voice' in its Parliament is going to fail, and that will hugely damage trust between

Australia’s referendum will result in further division

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 11, 2023
  • Australia's Oct. 14 referendum on having enshrining an Indigenous 'voice' in its Parliament is going to fail, and that will hugely damage trust between
When you see Australians adapting to diversity, but still treating Aboriginal people the same old way, you realize that it’s a specific situation, not just the Australian version of a general one. If you require confirmation, just look at New Zealand, where Maori is actually one of the national languages, writes Gwynne Dyer. Pixabay photograph courtesy of RebeccaLintzPhotography

Another October war

  • If Hezbollah should be drawn into the war too, we might all be in trouble. It’s still true that Israel cannot lose this war:
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise to rain down on the Gaza Strip is exactly what Hamas wants, the mightier the better. The whole point is to get the Israelis to send its soldiers in on the ground, because that’s when the casualties start going up steeply, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Another October war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2023
  • If Hezbollah should be drawn into the war too, we might all be in trouble. It’s still true that Israel cannot lose this war:

Another October war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2023
  • If Hezbollah should be drawn into the war too, we might all be in trouble. It’s still true that Israel cannot lose this war:
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promise to rain down on the Gaza Strip is exactly what Hamas wants, the mightier the better. The whole point is to get the Israelis to send its soldiers in on the ground, because that’s when the casualties start going up steeply, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

A short war 50 years ago

  • In the 1970s, Egypt was the only Arab country strong enough to pose a real threat to Israel, but now tens of thousands of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2023
Then-minister of families, children, and social development Karina Gould, left, shares a toast with Israel's Ambassador to Canada Ronen Pinchas Hoffman at a celebration for Israel's 75th independence day on May 16, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

A short war 50 years ago

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2023
  • In the 1970s, Egypt was the only Arab country strong enough to pose a real threat to Israel, but now tens of thousands of

A short war 50 years ago

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2023
  • In the 1970s, Egypt was the only Arab country strong enough to pose a real threat to Israel, but now tens of thousands of
Then-minister of families, children, and social development Karina Gould, left, shares a toast with Israel's Ambassador to Canada Ronen Pinchas Hoffman at a celebration for Israel's 75th independence day on May 16, 2023. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Most Armenians say they don’t expect ever to go home again

  • The Russians are too busy in Ukraine now, so last month the Azerbaijanis collected their winnings. And all the Armenians are leaving without even
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2023
Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia (the actual country, not the enclave within Azerbaijan that has now been reclaimed by that country) said: 'This is a direct act of ethnic cleansing, something we had long been warning the international community about.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Most Armenians say they don’t expect ever to go home again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2023
  • The Russians are too busy in Ukraine now, so last month the Azerbaijanis collected their winnings. And all the Armenians are leaving without even

Most Armenians say they don’t expect ever to go home again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2023
  • The Russians are too busy in Ukraine now, so last month the Azerbaijanis collected their winnings. And all the Armenians are leaving without even
Nikol Pashinyan, the prime minister of Armenia (the actual country, not the enclave within Azerbaijan that has now been reclaimed by that country) said: 'This is a direct act of ethnic cleansing, something we had long been warning the international community about.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Pantomime politics in Eastern Europe

  • Why is western media burbling on about a new ‘threat to NATO solidarity’ and ‘support for Ukraine fading’? Because the story will only get
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2023
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been defending his country against Russia's invasion. Some politicians in Slovakia and Poland are running on pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian platforms in upcoming elections, but are unlikely to follow through on these promises if they gain power, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

Pantomime politics in Eastern Europe

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2023
  • Why is western media burbling on about a new ‘threat to NATO solidarity’ and ‘support for Ukraine fading’? Because the story will only get

Pantomime politics in Eastern Europe

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2023
  • Why is western media burbling on about a new ‘threat to NATO solidarity’ and ‘support for Ukraine fading’? Because the story will only get
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been defending his country against Russia's invasion. Some politicians in Slovakia and Poland are running on pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian platforms in upcoming elections, but are unlikely to follow through on these promises if they gain power, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/President of Ukraine

First prize: two days in beautiful Delhi! Second prize: four days in Delhi!

  • Canada’s allies have all murmured their support in the wake of allegations that India was behind the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2023
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc discuss Canada’s intelligence alleging India's involvement in the killing of a Sikh leader in B.C at a press conference in the House of Commons Foyer on Sept. 18. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

First prize: two days in beautiful Delhi! Second prize: four days in Delhi!

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2023
  • Canada’s allies have all murmured their support in the wake of allegations that India was behind the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist in

First prize: two days in beautiful Delhi! Second prize: four days in Delhi!

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 20, 2023
  • Canada’s allies have all murmured their support in the wake of allegations that India was behind the murder of a Canadian Sikh activist in
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc discuss Canada’s intelligence alleging India's involvement in the killing of a Sikh leader in B.C at a press conference in the House of Commons Foyer on Sept. 18. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Guyana’s oil boom has an expiry date

  • The South American country's fledgling offshore oil industry is on track to overtake Norway's within a decade, but what will the world look like
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2023
Guyana President Irfaan Ali and his successors must use the next 10 or 15 years of high oil income to transform the country in a sustainable way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United States Department of State/Wikimedia Commons

Guyana’s oil boom has an expiry date

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2023
  • The South American country's fledgling offshore oil industry is on track to overtake Norway's within a decade, but what will the world look like

Guyana’s oil boom has an expiry date

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2023
  • The South American country's fledgling offshore oil industry is on track to overtake Norway's within a decade, but what will the world look like
Guyana President Irfaan Ali and his successors must use the next 10 or 15 years of high oil income to transform the country in a sustainable way, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United States Department of State/Wikimedia Commons

Lightyears away, another ocean exists

  • It’s a triumph (‘We found life!’), and at the same time no surprise at all (‘What did you expect to find?’).
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2023
This artist's impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet. Planet K2-18b is 8.6 times bigger than Earth, but it has an atmosphere containing carbon dioxide and methane, both commonly emitted by living things—and also dimethyl sulphide, a trace gas that is definitely a strong ‘biomarker’ for life. Courtesy of ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Lightyears away, another ocean exists

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2023
  • It’s a triumph (‘We found life!’), and at the same time no surprise at all (‘What did you expect to find?’).

Lightyears away, another ocean exists

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 13, 2023
  • It’s a triumph (‘We found life!’), and at the same time no surprise at all (‘What did you expect to find?’).
This artist's impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet. Planet K2-18b is 8.6 times bigger than Earth, but it has an atmosphere containing carbon dioxide and methane, both commonly emitted by living things—and also dimethyl sulphide, a trace gas that is definitely a strong ‘biomarker’ for life. Courtesy of ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

  • Stand by for Big Meat to launch a long, slanderous campaign against plant-based protein and its rival, ‘farm-free’ food, based on protein produced by
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 6, 2023
The meat industry knows its time is coming to a close, just like Big Oil knew about its own impact on climate change in the 1970s. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 6, 2023
  • Stand by for Big Meat to launch a long, slanderous campaign against plant-based protein and its rival, ‘farm-free’ food, based on protein produced by

In France, a culinary counteroffensive represents the meat industry’s decline

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 6, 2023
  • Stand by for Big Meat to launch a long, slanderous campaign against plant-based protein and its rival, ‘farm-free’ food, based on protein produced by
The meat industry knows its time is coming to a close, just like Big Oil knew about its own impact on climate change in the 1970s. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Thailand: the last rigged election?

  • For more than 20 years, Thailand has been locked in a struggle between the ‘royalists’ and the democrats, and in this past May’s election
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2023
If you insult King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, or challenge the establishment, you’re in deep trouble, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Thailand’s Department of Public Relations, Office of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister

Thailand: the last rigged election?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2023
  • For more than 20 years, Thailand has been locked in a struggle between the ‘royalists’ and the democrats, and in this past May’s election

Thailand: the last rigged election?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2023
  • For more than 20 years, Thailand has been locked in a struggle between the ‘royalists’ and the democrats, and in this past May’s election
If you insult King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand, or challenge the establishment, you’re in deep trouble, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Thailand’s Department of Public Relations, Office of the Secretariat of the Prime Minister

An ideologically confused pope

  • Pope Francis may be hated by those who see him as an ideological enemy of the right, but he is still confused about his
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 31, 2023
Pope Francis condemns the 'obsession' of some Catholics with issues like “abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods” and welcomes transgender Catholics in the Church, but says gender transitioning is a sin and strongly criticizes gender studies, calling it 'dangerous,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Long Thiên on Flickr/Wikimedia Commons

An ideologically confused pope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 31, 2023
  • Pope Francis may be hated by those who see him as an ideological enemy of the right, but he is still confused about his

An ideologically confused pope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 31, 2023
  • Pope Francis may be hated by those who see him as an ideological enemy of the right, but he is still confused about his
Pope Francis condemns the 'obsession' of some Catholics with issues like “abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods” and welcomes transgender Catholics in the Church, but says gender transitioning is a sin and strongly criticizes gender studies, calling it 'dangerous,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Long Thiên on Flickr/Wikimedia Commons

BRICS trundles on without a common purpose

  • This soon-to-be expanded meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa keeps a lot of otherwise idle diplomatic hands busy and out of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 29, 2023
From left, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photograph by Government of South Africa/Flickr

BRICS trundles on without a common purpose

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 29, 2023
  • This soon-to-be expanded meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa keeps a lot of otherwise idle diplomatic hands busy and out of

BRICS trundles on without a common purpose

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 29, 2023
  • This soon-to-be expanded meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa keeps a lot of otherwise idle diplomatic hands busy and out of
From left, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Chinese President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the 2023 BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. Photograph by Government of South Africa/Flickr

China should heed Russia’s failure in Ukraine

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Ukrainians have been cheering themselves up recently by sending drones to hit targets in Moscow’s business district and the more exclusive western
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 23, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2017, should learn from Vladimir Putin's mistake, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations/Jean-Marc Ferré on Flickr

China should heed Russia’s failure in Ukraine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 23, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Ukrainians have been cheering themselves up recently by sending drones to hit targets in Moscow’s business district and the more exclusive western

China should heed Russia’s failure in Ukraine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 23, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Ukrainians have been cheering themselves up recently by sending drones to hit targets in Moscow’s business district and the more exclusive western
Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2017, should learn from Vladimir Putin's mistake, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations/Jean-Marc Ferré on Flickr

Zimbabwe and the shifts in ‘ruling party syndrome’

  • The single party that rules for decades and monopolizes all the political space available is a specialty of southern African countries that had to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2023
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured at the UN in 2022, and his ZANU-PF party are expected to win the country's general election later this week. Photograph courtesy of UN Photo/Cia Pak

Zimbabwe and the shifts in ‘ruling party syndrome’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2023
  • The single party that rules for decades and monopolizes all the political space available is a specialty of southern African countries that had to

Zimbabwe and the shifts in ‘ruling party syndrome’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2023
  • The single party that rules for decades and monopolizes all the political space available is a specialty of southern African countries that had to
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured at the UN in 2022, and his ZANU-PF party are expected to win the country's general election later this week. Photograph courtesy of UN Photo/Cia Pak

Potential scenarios for when Trump meets justice

  • The Georgia indictments only added 13 more criminal charges to make a grand total of 91, but Georgia is different.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 17, 2023
Donald Trump pictured on the campaign trail in 2020. While many believe the indictments against Trump are strengthening his support among his 'core' supporters, that won't be enough to win the next general election, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Potential scenarios for when Trump meets justice

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 17, 2023
  • The Georgia indictments only added 13 more criminal charges to make a grand total of 91, but Georgia is different.

Potential scenarios for when Trump meets justice

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 17, 2023
  • The Georgia indictments only added 13 more criminal charges to make a grand total of 91, but Georgia is different.
Donald Trump pictured on the campaign trail in 2020. While many believe the indictments against Trump are strengthening his support among his 'core' supporters, that won't be enough to win the next general election, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of CPAC

Russia’s running the ‘moon race’ again

  • The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established that no nation can own the Moon. The subsequent 1979 Moon Agreement states more specifically that no nation,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2023
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established that no nation can own the moon. The subsequent 1979 Moon Agreement states more specifically that no nation, organization, or private individual can own resources on the moon—but only four countries have signed it, not including the U.S., China, or Russia. Photograph courtesy of JB on Pixabay

Russia’s running the ‘moon race’ again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2023
  • The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established that no nation can own the Moon. The subsequent 1979 Moon Agreement states more specifically that no nation,

Russia’s running the ‘moon race’ again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2023
  • The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established that no nation can own the Moon. The subsequent 1979 Moon Agreement states more specifically that no nation,
The 1967 Outer Space Treaty established that no nation can own the moon. The subsequent 1979 Moon Agreement states more specifically that no nation, organization, or private individual can own resources on the moon—but only four countries have signed it, not including the U.S., China, or Russia. Photograph courtesy of JB on Pixabay

News

Get free news updates

Opinion

Submit a guest opinion article

resources

Follow us

Advertise

get help

Subscribe
CloseMenu