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Gwynne Dyer

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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Good Friday Agreement at 25

  • It’s hardly surprising that Joe Biden, of Irish Catholic descent, is starting his Irish visit in Northern Ireland, and that he is not planning
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2023
American President Joe Biden, pictured with First Lady Jill Biden, is visiting Northern Ireland from April 11-12. Many good people are striving to head off a collapse of the historic Good Friday Agreement, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Good Friday Agreement at 25

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2023
  • It’s hardly surprising that Joe Biden, of Irish Catholic descent, is starting his Irish visit in Northern Ireland, and that he is not planning

Good Friday Agreement at 25

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2023
  • It’s hardly surprising that Joe Biden, of Irish Catholic descent, is starting his Irish visit in Northern Ireland, and that he is not planning
American President Joe Biden, pictured with First Lady Jill Biden, is visiting Northern Ireland from April 11-12. Many good people are striving to head off a collapse of the historic Good Friday Agreement, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Before the great Ukrainian offensive

  • The Ukrainians are constrained by their lack of means and the restrictions imposed by the NATO powers to wage a strictly limited war: only
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 5, 2023
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here’s some bad news on the ‘peace’ front. Most wars do not end in ‘negotiations’. There may be a peace treaty, but it usually just ratifies what has already happened on the battlefield: the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles, and the Dayton Accords. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Before the great Ukrainian offensive

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 5, 2023
  • The Ukrainians are constrained by their lack of means and the restrictions imposed by the NATO powers to wage a strictly limited war: only

Before the great Ukrainian offensive

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 5, 2023
  • The Ukrainians are constrained by their lack of means and the restrictions imposed by the NATO powers to wage a strictly limited war: only
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here’s some bad news on the ‘peace’ front. Most wars do not end in ‘negotiations’. There may be a peace treaty, but it usually just ratifies what has already happened on the battlefield: the Congress of Vienna, the Treaty of Versailles, and the Dayton Accords. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The endless turmoil of Pakistan

  • While Pakistan's domestic politics continue in a state of permanent crisis, the disastrous end of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has demoted Pakistan to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 3, 2023
Pakistan's High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer Janjua, seen speaking with The Hill Times on Sept. 1, 2022. It is not clear whether the current political crisis in Pakistan will end with yet another military takeover, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The endless turmoil of Pakistan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 3, 2023
  • While Pakistan's domestic politics continue in a state of permanent crisis, the disastrous end of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has demoted Pakistan to

The endless turmoil of Pakistan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 3, 2023
  • While Pakistan's domestic politics continue in a state of permanent crisis, the disastrous end of the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan has demoted Pakistan to
Pakistan's High Commissioner to Canada Zaheer Janjua, seen speaking with The Hill Times on Sept. 1, 2022. It is not clear whether the current political crisis in Pakistan will end with yet another military takeover, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The fascists and the fanatics in Israel

  • The obvious course for a man as deep in legal trouble as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust—is to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a man of the right, and two-thirds of Israeli voters say they are right-wing, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

The fascists and the fanatics in Israel

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2023
  • The obvious course for a man as deep in legal trouble as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust—is to

The fascists and the fanatics in Israel

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2023
  • The obvious course for a man as deep in legal trouble as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust—is to
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a man of the right, and two-thirds of Israeli voters say they are right-wing, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Precision fermentation: catastrophe lifeline

  • ‘Farm-free’ food for people will come later, but the basic elements can be combined to suit human tastes too. In the future, if one
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2023
The asteroid 2023 DZ2, pictured on March 21, 2023. It flew by our planet at 27,000 kilometres per hour, closer to us than it was to the moon and was less than one-hundredth of the diameter of the gigantic asteroid that took down the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Precision fermentation: catastrophe lifeline

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2023
  • ‘Farm-free’ food for people will come later, but the basic elements can be combined to suit human tastes too. In the future, if one

Precision fermentation: catastrophe lifeline

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 27, 2023
  • ‘Farm-free’ food for people will come later, but the basic elements can be combined to suit human tastes too. In the future, if one
The asteroid 2023 DZ2, pictured on March 21, 2023. It flew by our planet at 27,000 kilometres per hour, closer to us than it was to the moon and was less than one-hundredth of the diameter of the gigantic asteroid that took down the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

UN climate report and clutching at straws

  • The report’s authors admit that the 'aspirational' goal of never letting the average global temperature exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial level
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 24, 2023
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the latest report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change a 'survival guide.' It’s not even that, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

UN climate report and clutching at straws

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 24, 2023
  • The report’s authors admit that the 'aspirational' goal of never letting the average global temperature exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial level

UN climate report and clutching at straws

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 24, 2023
  • The report’s authors admit that the 'aspirational' goal of never letting the average global temperature exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial level
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called the latest report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change a 'survival guide.' It’s not even that, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant on Putin, what about Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

  • The two invasions—Russia's of Ukraine, and the United States' of Iraq—are linked.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2023
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Russian President Vladimir Putin with charges of war crimes on March 17, 2023. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Presidential office of Russia

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant on Putin, what about Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2023
  • The two invasions—Russia's of Ukraine, and the United States' of Iraq—are linked.

The International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant on Putin, what about Bush’s invasion of Iraq?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 20, 2023
  • The two invasions—Russia's of Ukraine, and the United States' of Iraq—are linked.
The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Russian President Vladimir Putin with charges of war crimes on March 17, 2023. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Presidential office of Russia

Freddy and the ice: messages from the future

  • Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2023
Cyclone Freddy started in the usual place, off northwestern Australia. It followed the usual path across the Indian Ocean to East Africa. It was the biggest cyclone ever to hit Madagascar and the Mozambique coast, but that’s not the big deal. Records were made to be broken. Image courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Freddy and the ice: messages from the future

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2023
  • Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then

Freddy and the ice: messages from the future

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2023
  • Two new things on the climate front, and both bad news. Hurricanes used to be like drive-by shootings: one pass, one hit, and then
Cyclone Freddy started in the usual place, off northwestern Australia. It followed the usual path across the Indian Ocean to East Africa. It was the biggest cyclone ever to hit Madagascar and the Mozambique coast, but that’s not the big deal. Records were made to be broken. Image courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Shifting attitudes among Chinese youth no match against state power

  • The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2023
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Not one of the 3,000 delegates voted against Chinese President Xi Jinping at the recent National People’s Congress, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Shifting attitudes among Chinese youth no match against state power

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2023
  • The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to

Shifting attitudes among Chinese youth no match against state power

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 13, 2023
  • The dawning realization that genteel poverty is probably the future for most Chinese, combined with the reality of an all-powerful state that seeks to
Xi Jinping
Not one of the 3,000 delegates voted against Chinese President Xi Jinping at the recent National People’s Congress, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

‘General Winter’ missed the bus

  • A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2023
Supporters of Ukraine gathered at the Flora Footbridge in Ottawa on Feb. 20, calling for an end to the Russian invasion. The war has forced European countries to look elsewhere for energy that has been supplied by Russia, including to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘General Winter’ missed the bus

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2023
  • A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,

‘General Winter’ missed the bus

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2023
  • A former Russian president's prediction that European Union citizens, deprived of the Russian gas that normally supplied about 40 per cent of their energy,
Supporters of Ukraine gathered at the Flora Footbridge in Ottawa on Feb. 20, calling for an end to the Russian invasion. The war has forced European countries to look elsewhere for energy that has been supplied by Russia, including to Canada. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Partygate’ inquiry lead turned Labour Party hire: a dastardly plot?

  • Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2023
The report by former senior civil servant Sue Gray, left, could take perhaps 25 per cent of the credit for bringing Boris Johnson down, but no more, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Flickr

‘Partygate’ inquiry lead turned Labour Party hire: a dastardly plot?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2023
  • Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.

‘Partygate’ inquiry lead turned Labour Party hire: a dastardly plot?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 6, 2023
  • Sue Gray’s civil service exit to take the job as Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s chief of staff caused shock and horror throughout Whitehall.
The report by former senior civil servant Sue Gray, left, could take perhaps 25 per cent of the credit for bringing Boris Johnson down, but no more, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Flickr

Israel’s 21st-century version of pogrom

  • The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 1, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist partners are helping him subordinate court decisions to government veto. In return, he will let them quickly expand the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and crush any Arab protests ruthlessly, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Israel’s 21st-century version of pogrom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 1, 2023
  • The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.

Israel’s 21st-century version of pogrom

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 1, 2023
  • The current sequence of atrocities and counter-atrocities began with a big Israeli raid in the Palestinian city of Nablus last week.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist partners are helping him subordinate court decisions to government veto. In return, he will let them quickly expand the Jewish settlements in the occupied territories and crush any Arab protests ruthlessly, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Making lethal molecules

  • Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2023
The Spiez lab is one of five in the world certified by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to identify developments in chemistry, biology, and enabling technologies that have implications for the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Making lethal molecules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2023
  • Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis

Making lethal molecules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 27, 2023
  • Nobody wants to restrict new drug research, but let's think about how to control access to certain machine-learning models, public databases, and chemical synthesis
The Spiez lab is one of five in the world certified by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to identify developments in chemistry, biology, and enabling technologies that have implications for the Chemical and Biological Weapons Conventions, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Nigerian election key to shaping the nation’s future after years of corruption, incompetence

  • LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 23, 2023
Nigeria is choosing between two traditional presidential candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, and Atiku Abubakar, while Peter Obi is the dark-horse, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Nigerian election key to shaping the nation’s future after years of corruption, incompetence

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 23, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is

Nigerian election key to shaping the nation’s future after years of corruption, incompetence

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 23, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is something wrong with Nigeria. It is Africa’s most populous country, with one-fifth of the continent’s entire population (200 million). It is
Nigeria is choosing between two traditional presidential candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu, left, and Atiku Abubakar, while Peter Obi is the dark-horse, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine war and international law

  • NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is seen as ‘soft’ on Russia by many observers because of his frequent contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the goal of permanently crippling Russia is neither legitimate nor wise, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine war and international law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2023
  • NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.

Ukraine war and international law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2023
  • NATO’s objective in helping Ukraine should be to see the country entirely freed from Russian rule simply because that is what international law requires.
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is seen as ‘soft’ on Russia by many observers because of his frequent contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the goal of permanently crippling Russia is neither legitimate nor wise, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The earthquakes and the blame

  • Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2023
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government favours the industry with amnesties, low-interest rates, and the like because construction produces a quick hit of economic activity that helps him through the next election or other crisis, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The earthquakes and the blame

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2023
  • Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.

The earthquakes and the blame

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 13, 2023
  • Politicians and developers have a mutually beneficial relationship in most countries, but Turkey is special.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's government favours the industry with amnesties, low-interest rates, and the like because construction produces a quick hit of economic activity that helps him through the next election or other crisis, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Predictions for Israel as it moves further right and democracy degrades

  • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Gwynne Dyer prediction No. 1: Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, a wily and treacherous politician, will not go to jail. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Predictions for Israel as it moves further right and democracy degrades

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2023
  • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously

Predictions for Israel as it moves further right and democracy degrades

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2023
  • Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has constructed a stable all-right-wing coalition that is durable and radical because he was compelled to bring in previously
Benjamin Netanyahu
Gwynne Dyer prediction No. 1: Prime Minister Benjamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu, a wily and treacherous politician, will not go to jail. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

How to avoid a war with China

  • Commentators and analysts have a fatalistic belief that war between China and America is inevitable not only in the United States, but also to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 2, 2023
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping already has too much on his plate: a huge but rapidly declining population; an economy that has sunk into stagnation and is unlikely to resurface; and the horrible example of how the invasion of Ukraine worked out for the Russians, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

How to avoid a war with China

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 2, 2023
  • Commentators and analysts have a fatalistic belief that war between China and America is inevitable not only in the United States, but also to

How to avoid a war with China

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 2, 2023
  • Commentators and analysts have a fatalistic belief that war between China and America is inevitable not only in the United States, but also to
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping already has too much on his plate: a huge but rapidly declining population; an economy that has sunk into stagnation and is unlikely to resurface; and the horrible example of how the invasion of Ukraine worked out for the Russians, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Czech election and a bad case of cultural lag

  • Pro-NATO candidate Petr Pavel will replace the current, rather pro-Russian president in March, and the country’s loyalty to its NATO alliance is assured.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 30, 2023
Retired army general Petr Pavel, left, beat populist Andrej Babis in the Jan. 28 Czech Republic election. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Czech election and a bad case of cultural lag

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 30, 2023
  • Pro-NATO candidate Petr Pavel will replace the current, rather pro-Russian president in March, and the country’s loyalty to its NATO alliance is assured.

Czech election and a bad case of cultural lag

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 30, 2023
  • Pro-NATO candidate Petr Pavel will replace the current, rather pro-Russian president in March, and the country’s loyalty to its NATO alliance is assured.
Retired army general Petr Pavel, left, beat populist Andrej Babis in the Jan. 28 Czech Republic election. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Will Western tanks bring victory in Ukraine?

  • LONDON, U.K.—On Jan. 24 they reset the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight. How did they know that Germany would agree to give
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2023
U.S. Soldiers move an M1 Abrams tank to the firing line to test fire its weapons during operations in Kuwait in May 2021. The United States is talking of about sending 30 M1s, and along other country donations there aren't many coming to Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense

Will Western tanks bring victory in Ukraine?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—On Jan. 24 they reset the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight. How did they know that Germany would agree to give

Will Western tanks bring victory in Ukraine?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2023
  • LONDON, U.K.—On Jan. 24 they reset the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight. How did they know that Germany would agree to give
U.S. Soldiers move an M1 Abrams tank to the firing line to test fire its weapons during operations in Kuwait in May 2021. The United States is talking of about sending 30 M1s, and along other country donations there aren't many coming to Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. Department of Defense

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