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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

American contempt for Latin America on full display

  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

The coming AI crash

  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Chimps, war, and us 

  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Gaza: the 20-point plan

  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
Donald Trump.
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The United States: calculating things to come

  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

No ‘new world order’ is coming

  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump management

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

Trump management

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

Trump management

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

The AI crash

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

The AI crash

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

The AI crash

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

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

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
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Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
'Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,' tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, pictured, late last month. But what if U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (and President Joe Biden) have just decided that reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is a lost cause? Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister

Iran: giving up on Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 14, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,” tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister
'Lifting Trump’s sanctions, @SecBlinken, is a legal& moral obligation, NOT negotiating leverage. Didn’t work for Trump—won’t work for you,' tweeted Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, pictured, late last month. But what if U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (and President Joe Biden) have just decided that reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is a lost cause? Caricature courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
What I find completely incredible is the notion that such a ruthless, universal, billions-of-years-old civilization would be monitoring us with devices that we can actually see. That does not compute. Photograph Commons Wikimedia

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop

UFOs: The Silly Season comes early

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 9, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Silly Season has come early this year. Normally it happens in August, when wicked people all over the northern hemisphere temporarily stop
What I find completely incredible is the notion that such a ruthless, universal, billions-of-years-old civilization would be monitoring us with devices that we can actually see. That does not compute. Photograph Commons Wikimedia

A change in the (economic) weather?

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured November 2020, joined other G7 finance ministers’ last weekend in London, U.K. where they agreed to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, a baby step, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A change in the (economic) weather?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum

A change in the (economic) weather?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s not Bretton Woods, but it’s a start. The decision by the finance ministers of the G7 countries to create a global minimum
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured November 2020, joined other G7 finance ministers’ last weekend in London, U.K. where they agreed to create a global minimum tax rate on corporate profits, a baby step, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
There was great excitement among journalists on June 2 when China announced its new three-child policy. Some even dared to ask why, if changing the one-child policy to a two-child policy in 2016 did nothing to fix the plunging birth-rate, does Beijing now think it can solve the problem by letting the people who already didn’t want a second kid try for three instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image: courtesy of CNN

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated

China and climate: thank you Chairman Mao

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—There is a great anomaly in China’s modern history, but it isn’t the late, unlamented one-child policy. That is endlessly discussed and debated
There was great excitement among journalists on June 2 when China announced its new three-child policy. Some even dared to ask why, if changing the one-child policy to a two-child policy in 2016 did nothing to fix the plunging birth-rate, does Beijing now think it can solve the problem by letting the people who already didn’t want a second kid try for three instead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image: courtesy of CNN

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
The time needed to persuade the climate doubters and mobilize the apathetic was always going to leave very little time for actually getting emissions down before we hit tipping points and lose control of the outcome entirely. What happens in the courtrooms, as in the recent Shell decision, and the boardrooms is important and it’s a relief that things are finally starting to move in the right direction, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two

Dutch court ruling, changes to Big Oil boards bring good news on the climate front

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I see a huge and growing gap between the rhetoric and the reality,” said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, two
The time needed to persuade the climate doubters and mobilize the apathetic was always going to leave very little time for actually getting emissions down before we hit tipping points and lose control of the outcome entirely. What happens in the courtrooms, as in the recent Shell decision, and the boardrooms is important and it’s a relief that things are finally starting to move in the right direction, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
The chorus of condemnation against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and the diverting of the Ryanair jet was in welcome contrast to the silence or mumbled doubts that greeted the last outrage of this sort in 2013, when the target incident was whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Michael Oldfield/Wikimedia Commons.

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him

Belarus flight diversion presents an unexpected opportunity

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 26, 2021
  • Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki condemned the “hijacking” of the Ryanair jet on the orders of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Sunday, accusing him
The chorus of condemnation against Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko and the diverting of the Ryanair jet was in welcome contrast to the silence or mumbled doubts that greeted the last outrage of this sort in 2013, when the target incident was whistleblower Edward Snowden, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Michael Oldfield/Wikimedia Commons.

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
First, three lies, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Gaza offensive has yielded 'unprecedented military gains,' said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted to a 'victory' for the Palestinian people and a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said a Hamas official. But the ceasefire brings 'genuine opportunity' for progress, said U.S. President Joe Biden. Screenshot courtesy of CNBC

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted

Israel and Hamas: three lies and a glimpse of the truth

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 24, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, three lies. The Gaza offensive has yielded “unprecedented military gains,” said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted
First, three lies, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Gaza offensive has yielded 'unprecedented military gains,' said Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The ceasefire on May 21 amounted to a 'victory' for the Palestinian people and a defeat for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, said a Hamas official. But the ceasefire brings 'genuine opportunity' for progress, said U.S. President Joe Biden. Screenshot courtesy of CNBC

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
Though there are projected declines in the overall world population by 2100, there will still be plenty of hungry people in the poor countries eager to move to the rich ones—and a growing shortage of labour in the rich countries, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet

Falling birth rates and the case for the working robot

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 19, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Birth rates are falling fast in all the world’s more prosperous countries, but the generation now in their middle age have not yet
Though there are projected declines in the overall world population by 2100, there will still be plenty of hungry people in the poor countries eager to move to the rich ones—and a growing shortage of labour in the rich countries, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, was on the way out, but now the coalition talks to replace him have broken down in the midst of a perhaps-convenient clash with Hamas, Gwynne Dyer writes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,

‘Mowing the grass’: last round for Israel’s strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We didn’t want this conflict, but now that it’s started it has to end with a sustained period of quiet,” said Mark Regev,
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in Ottawa in 2012, was on the way out, but now the coalition talks to replace him have broken down in the midst of a perhaps-convenient clash with Hamas, Gwynne Dyer writes. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
For the fourth time in a row, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just failed to get an election outcome that will let him create and lead a coalition government. Israelis could be headed to the polls again for the fifth time in 30 months next autumn, if coalition talks fail. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often

Why Netanyahu, Hamas are ‘objective allies’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Objective allies” generally don’t even talk to each other. They don’t have common values, their ultimate goals may be completely incompatible, they often
Benjamin Netanyahu
For the fourth time in a row, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just failed to get an election outcome that will let him create and lead a coalition government. Israelis could be headed to the polls again for the fifth time in 30 months next autumn, if coalition talks fail. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Scotland: A short generation?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought tooth and nail to prevent a second referendum on leaving the EU, which opinion polls from mid-2017 onwards consistently suggested would have gone against Brexit. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Scotland: A short generation?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost

Scotland: A short generation?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 10, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland declared in 2014 that the referendum on Scotland’s independence that her Scottish National Party demanded and lost
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson fought tooth and nail to prevent a second referendum on leaving the EU, which opinion polls from mid-2017 onwards consistently suggested would have gone against Brexit. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily

Russia does itself no favours as it tries to sell Sputnik V vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Somewhere in the bowels of the Russian Ministry of Health, until recently, was a tormented medical bureaucrat who had to calculate the daily

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
Napoleon thought much bigger than Hitler in his quest to expand France's sphere of influence. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.

What if Napoleon had gotten his way?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 5, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Napoleon Bonaparte doesn’t come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries.
Napoleon thought much bigger than Hitler in his quest to expand France's sphere of influence. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured March 11, signing the American Rescue Plan into law. The Biden administration has officially recognized the Armenian genocide. Photograph courtesy of Twitter via Joe Biden's profile

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the

After years of resistance, the U.S. ‘recognizes’ Armenian genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • Following in the path of 31 other countries, including Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Russia, and Brazil, the United States has at last “recognized” the
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, pictured March 11, signing the American Rescue Plan into law. The Biden administration has officially recognized the Armenian genocide. Photograph courtesy of Twitter via Joe Biden's profile

Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, pictured. The pandemic is so bad in Brazil now that most hospitals are rationing care, turning away COVID-stricken people whose age or underlying conditions make them less likely to survive and saving scarce beds and oxygen for those with a better chance. The death rate has been truly shocking, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and

Bolsonaro: suicide by COVID

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 26, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Rounding into the home stretch, it’s Italy by a full length, then the United Kingdom, with the United States and Brazil neck and
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, pictured. The pandemic is so bad in Brazil now that most hospitals are rationing care, turning away COVID-stricken people whose age or underlying conditions make them less likely to survive and saving scarce beds and oxygen for those with a better chance. The death rate has been truly shocking, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a climate summit aimed at challenging global leaders to exceed their Paris climate targets to prevent temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius. Flickr photo by Matt Johnson

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and

Cutting emissions still critical, but countries must now deal with much more dangerous warming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—You can tuck your head between your knees and kiss your target of “not-more-than-1.5-degrees-Celsius-warming” goodbye. Trump is out and Biden is in, and
U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting a climate summit aimed at challenging global leaders to exceed their Paris climate targets to prevent temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius. Flickr photo by Matt Johnson

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
Then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and then-Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris inherited an agreement their predecessor signed with the Taliban. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the

Afghanistan invasion was just show business

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 15, 2021
  • “If they go, we’ll all have to go. That’s the reality of it,” said a British source about President Joe Biden’s announcement that the
Then-U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and then-Vice-president-elect Kamala Harris inherited an agreement their predecessor signed with the Taliban. Photograph courtesy of Facebook

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
It’s hard to imagine Wales leaving 750 years after the English conquered it, but Boris Johnson is a universal solvent. Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is promising an independence referendum by 2026 if it wins next month’s election. Clean sweep for Boris? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.

The U.K.: clean sweep for Boris?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Twenty-three years of peace in Northern Ireland, after a sectarian war that lasted 30 years and killed 3,700 people, but nothing lasts forever.
It’s hard to imagine Wales leaving 750 years after the English conquered it, but Boris Johnson is a universal solvent. Plaid Cymru, the Welsh nationalist party, is promising an independence referendum by 2026 if it wins next month’s election. Clean sweep for Boris? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in Tigray last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in

Another Nobel Peace Prize winner goes rogue

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 12, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize Winner in 2019, waited the statutory two years before launching his genocidal war in Tigray last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured during a visit to Ottawa during his run as vice-president. The U.S. and Iran held talks in Vienna earlier this week to forge a path forward on lifting sanctions and reviving the nuclear deal aimed at limiting uranium enrichment in Iran. The Hill Times file photograph

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the

Iran’s nonexistent nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 7, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—First, the good news. The United States and Iran had talks in Vienna on Tuesday, and the nuclear deal they and all the
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured during a visit to Ottawa during his run as vice-president. The U.S. and Iran held talks in Vienna earlier this week to forge a path forward on lifting sanctions and reviving the nuclear deal aimed at limiting uranium enrichment in Iran. The Hill Times file photograph

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