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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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An October surprise almost inevitable in U.S.

  • LONDON, U.K.—An ‘October Surprise’ in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2020
The pandemic is raging again in the United States, and there may be a quarter-million deaths there by election day in November. U.S. ‘deaths per million’ are going up three per day, which means that the U.S. will overtake Chile (now 509) in less than two weeks, Italy (582) in a month, Spain (609) in five weeks. It might even catch up with the U.K. (682) by election day, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

An October surprise almost inevitable in U.S.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—An ‘October Surprise’ in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately.

An October surprise almost inevitable in U.S.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—An ‘October Surprise’ in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately.
The pandemic is raging again in the United States, and there may be a quarter-million deaths there by election day in November. U.S. ‘deaths per million’ are going up three per day, which means that the U.S. will overtake Chile (now 509) in less than two weeks, Italy (582) in a month, Spain (609) in five weeks. It might even catch up with the U.K. (682) by election day, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Belarus: the beginning of the end?

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Stop calling me a mustachioed cockroach,” said Alexander Lukashenko. “I am still the president of this country.” But that doesn’t sound very presidential,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2020
Alexander Lukashenko, pictured, has been the president of Belarus for the past 26 years, but Sergei Tikhanovsky’s wife Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is running for president in her husband’s place in Sunday’s election because the well-known blogger is in jail, and she may do well enough to force 'Europe’s last dictator' into a second-round run-off vote. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Belarus: the beginning of the end?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Stop calling me a mustachioed cockroach,” said Alexander Lukashenko. “I am still the president of this country.” But that doesn’t sound very presidential,

Belarus: the beginning of the end?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Stop calling me a mustachioed cockroach,” said Alexander Lukashenko. “I am still the president of this country.” But that doesn’t sound very presidential,
Alexander Lukashenko, pictured, has been the president of Belarus for the past 26 years, but Sergei Tikhanovsky’s wife Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is running for president in her husband’s place in Sunday’s election because the well-known blogger is in jail, and she may do well enough to force 'Europe’s last dictator' into a second-round run-off vote. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Iran’s nuclear threshold game

  • LONDON, U.K.—“A glance at the history of nuclear weapons manufacture shows that all 11 countries that wished to build bombs did so within three
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
When it comes to potential Iranian nukes, it’s never about Israel. What really does get the Iranians going is nuclear threats from OTHER countries. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in 2016 in Ottawa, does have a rational reason for wanting to destroy the deal, however. The Hill Times file photograph

Iran’s nuclear threshold game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“A glance at the history of nuclear weapons manufacture shows that all 11 countries that wished to build bombs did so within three

Iran’s nuclear threshold game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“A glance at the history of nuclear weapons manufacture shows that all 11 countries that wished to build bombs did so within three
Benjamin Netanyahu
When it comes to potential Iranian nukes, it’s never about Israel. What really does get the Iranians going is nuclear threats from OTHER countries. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pictured in 2016 in Ottawa, does have a rational reason for wanting to destroy the deal, however. The Hill Times file photograph

A new Cold War with China? Probably not

  • LONDON, U.K.—Is there going to be a new Cold War with China? Probably not. Consider the case of Huawei. Mike Pompeo swept into London
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
The only ideological tool available to Xi Jinping is nationalism. He would deploy it if necessary to defend his own power, just as Donald Trump is doing now, but for a sustainable cold war there needs to be a more credible sense of threat than is currently available to either party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin/Flickr

A new Cold War with China? Probably not

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Is there going to be a new Cold War with China? Probably not. Consider the case of Huawei. Mike Pompeo swept into London

A new Cold War with China? Probably not

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Is there going to be a new Cold War with China? Probably not. Consider the case of Huawei. Mike Pompeo swept into London
The only ideological tool available to Xi Jinping is nationalism. He would deploy it if necessary to defend his own power, just as Donald Trump is doing now, but for a sustainable cold war there needs to be a more credible sense of threat than is currently available to either party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin/Flickr

A warning from Poland

  • LONDON, U.K.—Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of the July 12 presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 20, 2020
Andrzej Duda is practically a Polish clone of Donald Trump, who will also be seeking re-election less than four months from now—and Duda squeaked out a victory. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

A warning from Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of the July 12 presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is

A warning from Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Few people outside of Poland care about the outcome of the July 12 presidential election there, but maybe they should. Andrzej Duda is
Andrzej Duda is practically a Polish clone of Donald Trump, who will also be seeking re-election less than four months from now—and Duda squeaked out a victory. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Balkan ghosts

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” says an old friend to Jack Nicholson as the mother is killed, the little girl is handed over
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 13, 2020
The Ottoman empire went on to conquer almost all of the Balkans, so nobody in the Christian world seriously dreamed of getting Hagia Sophia back. But the centuries passed, and eventually, the empire collapsed. And now, the Hagia Sophia will have Muslim prayer services for the first time since 1934 Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Balkan ghosts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” says an old friend to Jack Nicholson as the mother is killed, the little girl is handed over

Balkan ghosts

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown,” says an old friend to Jack Nicholson as the mother is killed, the little girl is handed over
The Ottoman empire went on to conquer almost all of the Balkans, so nobody in the Christian world seriously dreamed of getting Hagia Sophia back. But the centuries passed, and eventually, the empire collapsed. And now, the Hagia Sophia will have Muslim prayer services for the first time since 1934 Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Hong Kong: the ‘British’ three million

  • “We will grant BNOs five years’ limited leave to remain (in the United Kingdom), with the right to work or study,” British Foreign Secretary
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2020
The decision has been taken, and Hong Kong’s residents have two good reasons to leave: their freedoms are gone, and the economic future is grim. Many will decide to leave, but where can they go? Flickr photograph by Jonathan van Smit

Hong Kong: the ‘British’ three million

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2020
  • “We will grant BNOs five years’ limited leave to remain (in the United Kingdom), with the right to work or study,” British Foreign Secretary

Hong Kong: the ‘British’ three million

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 6, 2020
  • “We will grant BNOs five years’ limited leave to remain (in the United Kingdom), with the right to work or study,” British Foreign Secretary
The decision has been taken, and Hong Kong’s residents have two good reasons to leave: their freedoms are gone, and the economic future is grim. Many will decide to leave, but where can they go? Flickr photograph by Jonathan van Smit

Netanyahu stalls

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We have been hearing about sovereignty for a year-and-a-half without things happening on the ground. Today turned out to be one big farce,”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
For months, the first of July had been advertised as the date when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would announce the annexation of much of the occupied West Bank—but he said nothing. Why? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Netanyahu stalls

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We have been hearing about sovereignty for a year-and-a-half without things happening on the ground. Today turned out to be one big farce,”

Netanyahu stalls

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We have been hearing about sovereignty for a year-and-a-half without things happening on the ground. Today turned out to be one big farce,”
Benjamin Netanyahu
For months, the first of July had been advertised as the date when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would announce the annexation of much of the occupied West Bank—but he said nothing. Why? Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Putin expected to win Russia’s referendum even without all the incentives

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The very existence of an opportunity for the current president (to be re-elected in 2024), given his major gravitas, would be a stabilizing
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin will win the referendum on the new constitution without even having to cheat, writes Gywnne Dyer. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Putin expected to win Russia’s referendum even without all the incentives

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The very existence of an opportunity for the current president (to be re-elected in 2024), given his major gravitas, would be a stabilizing

Putin expected to win Russia’s referendum even without all the incentives

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The very existence of an opportunity for the current president (to be re-elected in 2024), given his major gravitas, would be a stabilizing
Russian President Vladimir Putin will win the referendum on the new constitution without even having to cheat, writes Gywnne Dyer. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

U.S. sanctions against Syria won’t bring Assad’s regime down

  • LONDON, U.K.—On June 17, the United States imposed new sanctions on Syria: a “sustained campaign of economic and political pressure” to end the nine-year
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
On June 17, the United States imposed new sanctions on Syria: a 'sustained campaign of economic and political pressure' to end the nine-year war by forcing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pictured, to UN-brokered peace talks where he would negotiate his departure from power. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

U.S. sanctions against Syria won’t bring Assad’s regime down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—On June 17, the United States imposed new sanctions on Syria: a “sustained campaign of economic and political pressure” to end the nine-year

U.S. sanctions against Syria won’t bring Assad’s regime down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—On June 17, the United States imposed new sanctions on Syria: a “sustained campaign of economic and political pressure” to end the nine-year
On June 17, the United States imposed new sanctions on Syria: a 'sustained campaign of economic and political pressure' to end the nine-year war by forcing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pictured, to UN-brokered peace talks where he would negotiate his departure from power. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Putin’s plea

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump writes in tweets, with more exclamation marks than a 13-year-old girl’s diary. Nobody knows for sure whether his very limited vocabulary
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin has written a 9,000-word essay on the risk to world peace to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and published it in the leading American foreign policy magazine The National Interest. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum

Putin’s plea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump writes in tweets, with more exclamation marks than a 13-year-old girl’s diary. Nobody knows for sure whether his very limited vocabulary

Putin’s plea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump writes in tweets, with more exclamation marks than a 13-year-old girl’s diary. Nobody knows for sure whether his very limited vocabulary
Russian President Vladimir Putin has written a 9,000-word essay on the risk to world peace to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and published it in the leading American foreign policy magazine The National Interest. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum

The Chinese way of war

  • LONDON, U.K.—Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes, but China does it differently. It brings clubs. On June 15, China and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2020
On June 15, China and India had the nastiest frontier incident since their border war of 1962. In the Galwan Valley of the Aksai Chin, a disputed region the size of Switzerland in the western Himalayas, Chinese and Indian border patrols clashed and twenty Indian soldiers were killed—yet not a shot was fired. The killing was all done with clubs, stones, and bare hands, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy Bloomberg

The Chinese way of war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes, but China does it differently. It brings clubs. On June 15, China and

The Chinese way of war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Never bring a knife to a gunfight, the saying goes, but China does it differently. It brings clubs. On June 15, China and
On June 15, China and India had the nastiest frontier incident since their border war of 1962. In the Galwan Valley of the Aksai Chin, a disputed region the size of Switzerland in the western Himalayas, Chinese and Indian border patrols clashed and twenty Indian soldiers were killed—yet not a shot was fired. The killing was all done with clubs, stones, and bare hands, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy Bloomberg

Libya: the incredible irrelevance of America

  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Field Marshal’ Khalifa Haftar’s retreat from Tripoli should not be confused with Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. Haftar was foolish to try to capture
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 15, 2020

Libya: the incredible irrelevance of America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 15, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Field Marshal’ Khalifa Haftar’s retreat from Tripoli should not be confused with Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. Haftar was foolish to try to capture

Libya: the incredible irrelevance of America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 15, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—‘Field Marshal’ Khalifa Haftar’s retreat from Tripoli should not be confused with Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow. Haftar was foolish to try to capture

Surinam: not another you-know-what

  • Donald Trump would undoubtedly include Surinam in his category of “shithole countries” if he knew where it was, but it is definitely getting better.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2020
Dési Bouterse, of Surinam, is about to be ousted from the presidency after a free election and sent to jail for the rest of his life. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Surinam: not another you-know-what

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2020
  • Donald Trump would undoubtedly include Surinam in his category of “shithole countries” if he knew where it was, but it is definitely getting better.

Surinam: not another you-know-what

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2020
  • Donald Trump would undoubtedly include Surinam in his category of “shithole countries” if he knew where it was, but it is definitely getting better.
Dési Bouterse, of Surinam, is about to be ousted from the presidency after a free election and sent to jail for the rest of his life. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Cutting our emissions isn’t enough, we’ll need geoengineering

  • LONDON, U.K.—Human beings respond well to a crisis that is familiar, especially if it is also imminent. They don’t do nearly as well when
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 1, 2020
So the crisis almost certainly will arrive, and then we will finally be willing to make radical changes. What we will desperately need at that point is more time. That’s why we will need geoengineering, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Public Domain Pictures

Cutting our emissions isn’t enough, we’ll need geoengineering

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 1, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Human beings respond well to a crisis that is familiar, especially if it is also imminent. They don’t do nearly as well when

Cutting our emissions isn’t enough, we’ll need geoengineering

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 1, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Human beings respond well to a crisis that is familiar, especially if it is also imminent. They don’t do nearly as well when
So the crisis almost certainly will arrive, and then we will finally be willing to make radical changes. What we will desperately need at that point is more time. That’s why we will need geoengineering, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Public Domain Pictures

Hong Kong: what went wrong

  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are the meat on the chopping board,” said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. “They have set a precedent for
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 25, 2020
'We are the meat on the chopping board,' said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Hong Kong: what went wrong

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 25, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are the meat on the chopping board,” said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. “They have set a precedent for

Hong Kong: what went wrong

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 25, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“We are the meat on the chopping board,” said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. “They have set a precedent for
'We are the meat on the chopping board,' said Martin Lee, founder of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Is basic income a done deal?

  • LONDON, U.K.—The First World War speeded up the emancipation of women; the Second World War led to the creation of welfare states in all
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2020
The House of Commons meets in person for a skeletal sitting. When unemployment suddenly leapt to 30 per cent as lockdowns spread across the world, we were suddenly confronted with a working model of that future, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is basic income a done deal?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The First World War speeded up the emancipation of women; the Second World War led to the creation of welfare states in all

Is basic income a done deal?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The First World War speeded up the emancipation of women; the Second World War led to the creation of welfare states in all
The House of Commons meets in person for a skeletal sitting. When unemployment suddenly leapt to 30 per cent as lockdowns spread across the world, we were suddenly confronted with a working model of that future, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The fantasy life of Jordan Goudreau

  • It’s hard being born Canadian if your ambition is to be a real-life version of movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Blood Sport, Death
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 11, 2020
Jordan Goudreau got in touch with the Venezuelan congressional leader who claims to be the legitimate president, Juan Guaidó, offering to overthrow Nicolás Maduro. Mark Garten photograph courtesy of the UN

The fantasy life of Jordan Goudreau

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 11, 2020
  • It’s hard being born Canadian if your ambition is to be a real-life version of movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Blood Sport, Death

The fantasy life of Jordan Goudreau

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 11, 2020
  • It’s hard being born Canadian if your ambition is to be a real-life version of movie tough guy Jean-Claude Van Damme (Blood Sport, Death
Jordan Goudreau got in touch with the Venezuelan congressional leader who claims to be the legitimate president, Juan Guaidó, offering to overthrow Nicolás Maduro. Mark Garten photograph courtesy of the UN

Some reasons to hope

  • You don’t feel like reading about the plague today? Good. I don’t feel like writing about it again either. So here’s some reasons to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2020
Scientists around the world are quietly working to develop solutions to tackle other urgent global problems beyond the pandemic. Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash

Some reasons to hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2020
  • You don’t feel like reading about the plague today? Good. I don’t feel like writing about it again either. So here’s some reasons to

Some reasons to hope

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 7, 2020
  • You don’t feel like reading about the plague today? Good. I don’t feel like writing about it again either. So here’s some reasons to
Scientists around the world are quietly working to develop solutions to tackle other urgent global problems beyond the pandemic. Photo by Science in HD on Unsplash

Trump’s ‘Yellow Peril’ defence masks the West’s delay in grappling with pandemic

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump boasts that he banned travel from China to the United States early, but, in fact, the United States was the 41st country to declare such a ban, on Feb. 2, 2020, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed and that nearly 70,000 Americans have already died of COVID-19. His polling numbers are down and the election is only seven months away. What else was he going to do? Blame himself? White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

Trump’s ‘Yellow Peril’ defence masks the West’s delay in grappling with pandemic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed

Trump’s ‘Yellow Peril’ defence masks the West’s delay in grappling with pandemic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed
U.S. President Donald Trump boasts that he banned travel from China to the United States early, but, in fact, the United States was the 41st country to declare such a ban, on Feb. 2, 2020, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. It was completely predictable that Donald Trump would try to blame China for the fact that at least 30 million Americans are unemployed and that nearly 70,000 Americans have already died of COVID-19. His polling numbers are down and the election is only seven months away. What else was he going to do? Blame himself? White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

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