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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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The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
The Tatmadaw and its police accomplices have shot or beaten to death more than 400 unarmed protesters, and they show no sign of slowing down.  Screen capture via The Guardian

The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are

The challenge of sticking to nonviolence in Myanmar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The nonviolent democratic resistance in Burma* (or Myanmar, as the army renamed it in 1989) is living through terrible times, but statistics are
The Tatmadaw and its police accomplices have shot or beaten to death more than 400 unarmed protesters, and they show no sign of slowing down.  Screen capture via The Guardian

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
The Ever Given cargo ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, had been blocking traffic along the Suez Canal, preventing goods from reaching their destination. The stranded ship has been freed after several days. Screen capture via NBC News

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon

What’s worse for emissions than aviation? Shipping

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 29, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We’re waiting on food goods like coconut milk and syrups, some spare parts for motors, we’ve got some fork lift trucks, some Amazon
The Ever Given cargo ship, which is the size of a skyscraper, had been blocking traffic along the Suez Canal, preventing goods from reaching their destination. The stranded ship has been freed after several days. Screen capture via NBC News

Netanyahu’s endless quest

  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial for fraud, bribery, and breach of trust charges began in 2019, and might well last until the end of this year. The Hill Times file photograph

Netanyahu’s endless quest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this

Netanyahu’s endless quest

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Israelis will vote in their fourth election in two years on Tuesday, but there is already talk of a fifth election later this
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's trial for fraud, bribery, and breach of trust charges began in 2019, and might well last until the end of this year. The Hill Times file photograph

Syria: end the sanctions

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
Two destroyed tanks in front of a mosque in Azaz, Syria, pictured Aug. 21, 2012. The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a quarter of the pre-war population are refugees abroad, and another quarter are refugees inside Syria. Thirty per cent of the country’s housing stock is destroyed or badly damaged—and we have known who won the war for at least four years now, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Christiaan Triebert

Syria: end the sanctions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a

Syria: end the sanctions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a
Two destroyed tanks in front of a mosque in Azaz, Syria, pictured Aug. 21, 2012. The Syrian civil war is 10 years old, and it’s time to stop it. At least half a million Syrians are dead, a quarter of the pre-war population are refugees abroad, and another quarter are refugees inside Syria. Thirty per cent of the country’s housing stock is destroyed or badly damaged—and we have known who won the war for at least four years now, writes Gwynne Dyer Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Christiaan Triebert

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured with Vice-President Kamala Harris, last week convened a meeting of the Quad, an alliance to deter and contain Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed

With the Quad awake, time to round up the usual suspects

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 17, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—It has been quite pleasant living on a planet where most of the great powers were not locked up into two hostile nuclear-armed
U.S. President Joe Biden, pictured with Vice-President Kamala Harris, last week convened a meeting of the Quad, an alliance to deter and contain Beijing. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, pictured, last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this as a shotgun marriage in which the Taliban will hold the shotgun, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the

Afghanistan: same sell-out, different day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 15, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the
In a letter to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, pictured, last weekend, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that Ghani agree to share power with the Taliban insurgents in a transitional government, to be followed at some point by some sort of election. Understandably, the Afghan leader views this as a shotgun marriage in which the Taliban will hold the shotgun, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Quarantine Brazil now

  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro regards vaccines as sissy and will not support a national program to vaccinate the population. Some state governors are trying to buy vaccines for their own local populations, but he publicly berates them as cowards for worrying about 'a little flu.' Bolsonaro is Donald Trump on stilts, and is largely responsible for Brazil’s sky-high COVID-19 death rate: more than a quarter-million dead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Quarantine Brazil now

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep

Quarantine Brazil now

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If I were world dictator, I would immediately place Brazil under total quarantine: nobody gets in, nobody comes out. And I would keep
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro regards vaccines as sissy and will not support a national program to vaccinate the population. Some state governors are trying to buy vaccines for their own local populations, but he publicly berates them as cowards for worrying about 'a little flu.' Bolsonaro is Donald Trump on stilts, and is largely responsible for Brazil’s sky-high COVID-19 death rate: more than a quarter-million dead, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's designation by Amnesty International as a 'prisoner of conscience' was dropped because he 'made comments which may have amounted to advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, violence, or hostility.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two

Long reach of ‘cancel culture’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—By now, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will have reached correctional facility No. 2 (IK-2), where he will be spending the next two
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's designation by Amnesty International as a 'prisoner of conscience' was dropped because he 'made comments which may have amounted to advocacy of hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, violence, or hostility.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven. He’d be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled ‘SWAG,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Flickr

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s

Khashoggi and the gang who couldn’t shoot straight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 3, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s
If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn’t be George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven. He’d be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled ‘SWAG,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Caricature courtesy of Flickr

Why COVID killed more English speakers

  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
As for the United Kingdom, led by Boris Johnson, it has had 1,781 deaths per million, even worse than the U.S.—whereas Germany has had only 824. In fact, the U.S. and the U.K. together account for four-fifths of all COVID deaths in the 10 worst-performing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Commons Wikimedia

Why COVID killed more English speakers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation

Why COVID killed more English speakers

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 25, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—To those who obsessively followed the COVID websites over the past 11 months (including me, I must admit), one thing demanded an explanation
As for the United Kingdom, led by Boris Johnson, it has had 1,781 deaths per million, even worse than the U.S.—whereas Germany has had only 824. In fact, the U.S. and the U.K. together account for four-fifths of all COVID deaths in the 10 worst-performing countries, writes Gwynne Dyer. Commons Wikimedia

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
Texas experienced a deep freeze that left millions without power last week and as of Monday, Feb. 22, more than 15,700 people in Texas were without power. Screen capture image courtesy of the Weather Network

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation

Texas, Rossby waves, and wave-7

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 22, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Texas puts out more carbon dioxide than any other U.S. state, so there was some innocent amusement to be had from the indignation
Texas experienced a deep freeze that left millions without power last week and as of Monday, Feb. 22, more than 15,700 people in Texas were without power. Screen capture image courtesy of the Weather Network

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the absolute ruler of Dubai, has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but, unaccountably, his daughters keep trying to escape. He recaptures them and locks them up, of course, but it’s starting to draw unwelcome attention, writes Gwynne Dyer.

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the

Dubai: the sheikh and his daughters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Dubai can be amusing, in a voyeuristic way, for a week or two. Tallest building in the world and the mall with the
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the absolute ruler of Dubai, has 25 children by his six wives, so he obviously loves children, but, unaccountably, his daughters keep trying to escape. He recaptures them and locks them up, of course, but it’s starting to draw unwelcome attention, writes Gwynne Dyer.

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
It’s not clear if President-for-Life Xi Jinping took a personal interest in the issue, but his enthusiasm for football as a symbol of national strength and manliness is well known. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they

China’s proposal ‘ to prevent the feminization of male adolescents’ is late imperial claptrap

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 15, 2021
  • It seemed innocent enough at the start: just a surge in the number of boys coming to school with notes from doctors saying they
Xi Jinping
It’s not clear if President-for-Life Xi Jinping took a personal interest in the issue, but his enthusiasm for football as a symbol of national strength and manliness is well known. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Republican split?

  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party, or just the Trump Party, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

Republican split?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just

Republican split?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 11, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party (WPILTBRP), or just
If the Republican Party splits, what name should the breakaway part use? The White People’s Insurrectionary Libertarian True-Blood Republican Party, or just the Trump Party, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore/Commons Wikimedia

Burma: back to basics

  • LONDON, U.K.—China’s Xinhua news agency tactfully described the Burmese army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1 as a ‘cabinet reshuffle’. This suggests a possible
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 8, 2021
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Burmese army moved with practised ease to arrest democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured, and all the members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) who had been elected to the new parliament by an 80 per cent landslide last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Burma: back to basics

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—China’s Xinhua news agency tactfully described the Burmese army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1 as a ‘cabinet reshuffle’. This suggests a possible

Burma: back to basics

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 8, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—China’s Xinhua news agency tactfully described the Burmese army’s seizure of power on Feb. 1 as a ‘cabinet reshuffle’. This suggests a possible
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Burmese army moved with practised ease to arrest democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured, and all the members of her National League for Democracy (NLD) who had been elected to the new parliament by an 80 per cent landslide last November. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The first robots

  • LONDON, U.K.—They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence program in Prague in January, to mark the invention of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
It was the humanoid fallacy. In more recent movies, human-seeming robots are even tragic figures, like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s version of The Terminator, pictured, or Roy Batty, the android anti-hero of Blade Runner, reminiscing sadly as he dies. Image courtesy of Orion Pictures

The first robots

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence program in Prague in January, to mark the invention of

The first robots

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—They were planning to put on a play written by an artificial intelligence program in Prague in January, to mark the invention of
It was the humanoid fallacy. In more recent movies, human-seeming robots are even tragic figures, like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s version of The Terminator, pictured, or Roy Batty, the android anti-hero of Blade Runner, reminiscing sadly as he dies. Image courtesy of Orion Pictures

‘Vaccine nationalism’ is not an all or nothing thing

  • LONDON, U.K.—My wife and I had our first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine this weekend (Astra-Zeneca, since you ask), and none of our children
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
The United States has orders with six companies for 800 million doses, with options on another 1.6 billion. There are more than 800 million spare doses bought and paid for worldwide. Start sharing them now, not after everybody has been inoculated at home, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pexels

‘Vaccine nationalism’ is not an all or nothing thing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—My wife and I had our first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine this weekend (Astra-Zeneca, since you ask), and none of our children

‘Vaccine nationalism’ is not an all or nothing thing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—My wife and I had our first shots of a COVID-19 vaccine this weekend (Astra-Zeneca, since you ask), and none of our children
The United States has orders with six companies for 800 million doses, with options on another 1.6 billion. There are more than 800 million spare doses bought and paid for worldwide. Start sharing them now, not after everybody has been inoculated at home, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pexels

War games afoot in Taiwanese airspace

  • LONDON, U.K.—Most news agencies reported on Sunday that China sent large groups of fighters and bombers into the Taiwanese airspace two days in a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2021

War games afoot in Taiwanese airspace

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most news agencies reported on Sunday that China sent large groups of fighters and bombers into the Taiwanese airspace two days in a

War games afoot in Taiwanese airspace

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most news agencies reported on Sunday that China sent large groups of fighters and bombers into the Taiwanese airspace two days in a

Lenin comes to town, again

  • LONDON, U.K.—When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Jan. 17 after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2021
When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pictured April 27, 2017, after being attacked with blue Zelyonka, returned to Moscow on Jan. 17, 2021, after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic spy agency, the regime-friendly media loyally failed to mention his arrival. With one striking exception: Vremya, the flagship news show of Russian state television. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Lenin comes to town, again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Jan. 17 after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB

Lenin comes to town, again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny returned to Moscow on Jan. 17 after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB
When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, pictured April 27, 2017, after being attacked with blue Zelyonka, returned to Moscow on Jan. 17, 2021, after convalescing in Germany from an attempted poisoning by the FSB domestic spy agency, the regime-friendly media loyally failed to mention his arrival. With one striking exception: Vremya, the flagship news show of Russian state television. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Pompeo: one landmine a day

  • LONDON, U.K.—When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2021
When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties on the victors, and they give the losers something purposeful to do amidst panic and despair. That’s what Mike Pompeo has been doing just before time is called on his ideologically driven term as United States Secretary of State, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Pompeo: one landmine a day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties

Pompeo: one landmine a day

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2021
  • LONDON, U.K.—When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties
When defeated armies are retreating, they always lay mines behind them if they have time. The mines slow pursuit, they may inflict casualties on the victors, and they give the losers something purposeful to do amidst panic and despair. That’s what Mike Pompeo has been doing just before time is called on his ideologically driven term as United States Secretary of State, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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