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

Surviving the population crash

  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace

Surviving the population crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 12, 2026
  • The challenge is how to make our way safely down from the old high-birth-rate regime to a new low-birth-rate future because the present pace
France's Marine Le Pen, left, the United Kingdom's Nigel Farage, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and United States President Donald Trump. A phalanx of right-wing populists either in power or closing in on it are painting immigration as a threat, and peddling ‘great replacement’ narratives to the angry and the ignorant. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and Flickr

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 9, 2026
  • All six members of China’s highest military body have been dismissed on suspicion of corruption, including last month the vice-chair, Zhang Youxia, one of
Xi Jinping
China’s highest military body is the Central Military Commission, with President Xi Jinping himself in the chair in his parallel role as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The last arms control treaty expires

  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a

The last arms control treaty expires

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 5, 2026
  • The American president knows nothing about nuclear weapons, and doesn’t care. He is not a man who will put any effort into rebuilding a
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in July 2018, are both reckless men, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2026
  • Iran’s former ayatollah declared the development and use of weapons of mass destruction forbidden on moral and religious grounds. We should take this decree
It’s possible that Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, pictured, has followed the same stupid strategy as Saddam Hussein did in Iraq, and is approaching the same ugly consequences, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2026
  • The regime will effectively be an occupation force that rules only by terror—but such regimes can last a long time if they are ruthless
This month’s killing in Iran is on a whole different scale in the nation’s history, and the past is no guide to the future, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screenshot courtesy of BBC News

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 26, 2026
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s remarkable speech at Davos said what many political and economic elites were thinking: don’t let the bullies win; fear is
U.S. President Donald Trump, right, went into last week’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, full of bluster, but he ultimately back-tracked on threats to Greenland, and tariff nations that support the territory, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum/Ciaran McCrickard

One Danish soldier

  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.

One Danish soldier

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 22, 2026
  • If even one soldier dies in Greenland due to American aggression, NATO nations would be forced to step in.
United States President Donald Trump often changes his mind, and the number of times he has said he will use force on Greenland is far greater than the times he has said he won’t, writes Gwynne Dyer White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 19, 2026
  • For Canada, the problem is that all the (false) American arguments to justify annexing Greenland apply equally to Canada. The strategy seems to be
Donald Trump
Why is U.S. President Donald Trump so obsessed with Greenland? The best guess in NATO circles is that it’s an extension of his old mania of putting his name on every hotel he owned. In this case, it gets his name in American history books, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Joyce N. Boghosia

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2026
  • LONDON, U.K.— Any day now, the United States will “come to the rescue” of the protesters in the streets of Iran’s cities, and American
U.S. President Donald Trump has promised too much already to do absolutely nothing about the massacre of protesters in Iran, but he should do the absolute minimum he thinks he can get away with, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.

How NATO members can take on Trump’s Greenland—and Canadian—obsession

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 12, 2026
  • Ottawa should offer military forces to protect Greenland from Russia and China, and ask the Europeans to send some troops to Canada for protection.
If U.S. President Donald Trump invades Greenland then NATO, the military alliance that has played a large part in preventing a nuclear war for the past 75 years, dies, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 8, 2026
  • Despite what the U.S. president says, Greenland is a region of zero strategic importance. If Washington wants to base more troops there, it has
President Donald Trump has insisted that the United States needs ‘Greenland from the standpoint of national security.' White House photograph by Molly Riley

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2026
  • Of the Iranian regime’s proxies, all but one are defunct or gravely weakened. Syria has changed sides, Hamas in the Gaza Strip is defeated
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is facing protests as the country struggles under the collapse of its currency and the explosive rise in the cost of living. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 5, 2026
  • From Napoleon in Spain two centuries ago to the U.S. army in Iraq two decades ago, military occupations by foreigners usually generate armed resistance
Donald Trump
Without boots on the ground, U.S. President Donald Trump has limited leverage on the Venezuelan regime, which has not been seriously crippled by the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 22, 2025
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian word “derzhavnost” is usually translated as “great power status,” but the real meaning is closer to the gangland concept of “respect.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on Aug. 15, 2025, at the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. Maybe all this time we have been looking in the wrong place for an answer to the question: why does Trump always yield to Putin? Photograph courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Rubio’s fantasy and the risk of forever war in Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 18, 2025
  • ‘In my opinion, the three regimes that exist in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are enemies of humanity,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is a second-generation Cuban-American whose parents immigrated several years before Fidel Castro’s Communist regime took power. That history has shaped his politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Geoengineering for grown-ups

  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.

Geoengineering for grown-ups

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2025
  • We need to use every viable technique to hold the average global temperature down while we work frantically to end our emissions.
A majority of early-career climate scientists now see geoengineering as necessary and inevitable, while many senior ones are still in transition, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2025
  • The U.S. president has tried to end warring in Gaza, the Congo, and along the Cambodian-Thailand border. He’s also tried to take credit for
Donald Trump
United States President Trump’s hyperactive foreign policy record is clearly driven by his obsessive pursuit of a Nobel Peace Prize, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 8, 2025
  • We are all back in the 19th century when the Western Hemisphere was the exclusive domain of the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Trumpworld is going to be a place in which the great powers do what they want, limited only by the strength of other great powers, while the lesser countries do what they are told, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 1, 2025
  • The ceasefire in Gaza intensifies the Israeli prime minister’s legal problems since he can no longer demand postponements in his trial proceedings due to
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, in 2022. Netanyahu has asked Herzog to pardon him in his ongoing corruption trial. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.

Trump and Putin’s goal is to destroy the international rule of law

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2025
  • Powerful people are deliberately trying to destroy the rule. Putin knows the rule but ignores it, while Trump doesn’t even know it.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin participate in a joint press conference after their meeting at the Arctic Warrior Event Center at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2025. Trump and Putin are trying to destroy the international rule of law, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok

Ukraine: once more around the loop

  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position

Ukraine: once more around the loop

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2025
  • Every month brings another chance for some political, economic, or technological change that alters the current equation, and gives Ukraine a better bargaining position
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s job is to know if and when the morale of the Ukrainian army and the general public is starting to break, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2025
  • A prolonged drought in Iran might accomplish what other challenges failed to do: destroy the rule of the religious extremists who seized power in
Maharloo Lake, a hypersaline wetland in the highlands of Iran. Severe drought in the country could be the trigger for an uprising that finally dispatches a regime that has overstayed its welcome, columnist Gwynne Dyer writes. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2025
  • With video editing, there is an honour system which says that you can edit the shot, but you must not change the meaning.
Pro-Trump rioters occupied Capitol Hill on Jan. 6, 2021. Ahead of the protest in Washington, D.C., Donald Trump had posted it would 'be wild.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 10, 2025
  • Money is tight, wars are a huge distraction, and the climate has become unfashionable, so we’ll just have to wait and hope for better
Nothing very impressive is likely to come out of the UN climate conference despite the urgency of the situation, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy by Kiara Worth

Sudan: another partition?

  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel

Sudan: another partition?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2025
  • The biggest city in western Sudan, swollen to half a million or more people due to minority ethnic groups fleeing genocide, fell to rebel
Displaced people arrive in South Sudan from Sudan through the Joda border crossing. Killing in Sudan has been non-stop since October. It’s the worst massacre yet in a civil war that has already killed 150,000 people and made one-third of the population refugees, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the United Nations by Ala Kheir

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 3, 2025
  • If there are new revelations about Trump and Epstein on the way, then the U.S. leader needs useful distractions—like invading Nigeria.
Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump can infallibly trick the public into drawing their attention away from something else that he doesn’t want them to see, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew a law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be transferred to mainland courts for certain 'security' offences. By withdrawing it, she was signalling that Beijing was willing to drop the matter for now. But the protesters snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In Hong Kong, ‘one country, two systems’ unravels

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining

In Hong Kong, ‘one country, two systems’ unravels

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she was part of it: one of the 15 remaining
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, withdrew a law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be transferred to mainland courts for certain 'security' offences. By withdrawing it, she was signalling that Beijing was willing to drop the matter for now. But the protesters snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the Armenian enclave in western Azerbaijan would quickly be overrun if the Russian troops were not there. As Arayik Harutyunyan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist leader, admitted on Nov. 10, 'had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost all of (it) within days,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen image courtesy of Al Jazeera, Nov. 10, 2020

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this past week and fanning out to police the ceasefire
Armenia is in shock, but what remains of the Armenian enclave in western Azerbaijan would quickly be overrun if the Russian troops were not there. As Arayik Harutyunyan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s separatist leader, admitted on Nov. 10, 'had the hostilities continued at the same pace, we would have lost all of (it) within days,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen image courtesy of Al Jazeera, Nov. 10, 2020

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
When Abiy Ahmed, pictured at an UN address, was appointed prime minister two years ago by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, he was the first Oromo ever to govern the country, even though the Oromo are the largest of Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups. Screen capture via UN's YouTube page

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another

New war in Ethiopia as government postpones vote ‘because of COVID’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2020
  • Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well that there’s unlikely to be another
When Abiy Ahmed, pictured at an UN address, was appointed prime minister two years ago by the ruling coalition, the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front, he was the first Oromo ever to govern the country, even though the Oromo are the largest of Ethiopia’s many ethnic groups. Screen capture via UN's YouTube page

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi could not have stopped the army from carrying out the massacre, the worst of many it has committed against various minority populations in Myanmar over the past 60 years. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more

Myanmar: the saint who lost her way

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar, too. The outcome is even more
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi could not have stopped the army from carrying out the massacre, the worst of many it has committed against various minority populations in Myanmar over the past 60 years. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

U.S. election: more of the same?

  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The culture war (mostly without guns) that already obsesses and disfigures the United States will continue. Indeed, it will intensify if Trump loses the election but continues to deny it and claim fraud, as he most certainly will. Losing the presidency is virtually an existential question for him, since without it he would be exposed to an avalanche of legal charges, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

U.S. election: more of the same?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.

U.S. election: more of the same?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—By the time you read this you may know more than I do as I write it, but some conclusions about the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The culture war (mostly without guns) that already obsesses and disfigures the United States will continue. Indeed, it will intensify if Trump loses the election but continues to deny it and claim fraud, as he most certainly will. Losing the presidency is virtually an existential question for him, since without it he would be exposed to an avalanche of legal charges, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last Monday morning, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of CBS News Oct. 28

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last

Azerbaijan won the war, but hardly anybody noticed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last
The month-old war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is so low on everybody else’s list of concerns that when Azerbaijan won the war last Monday morning, hardly anybody in the media elsewhere even noticed, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of CBS News Oct. 28

Intergenerational war afoot in Nigeria

  • LONDON, U.K.—The young Nigerians who were protesting at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Oct. 20 were not the African touring company of Les
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 21, 2020
The young men and women in the streets of Lagos may not realize that their rebellion could endanger this entire system, but those who benefit from it certainly do—which is why their response has been so extreme. Screen capture via CNN

Intergenerational war afoot in Nigeria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 21, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The young Nigerians who were protesting at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Oct. 20 were not the African touring company of Les

Intergenerational war afoot in Nigeria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 21, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The young Nigerians who were protesting at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos on Oct. 20 were not the African touring company of Les
The young men and women in the streets of Lagos may not realize that their rebellion could endanger this entire system, but those who benefit from it certainly do—which is why their response has been so extreme. Screen capture via CNN

U.K.-EU: pantomime crisis, real risk of a crash

  • LONDON, U.K.—The British pantomime is a traditional Christmas entertainment in which stock characters face imaginary dangers and audience participation is encouraged (“He’s behind you!”),
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, picutred, could be a pantomime character: he blusters and rages, he takes the most awful risks, and he seems to get away with it. After his latest move, a senior British diplomat remarked wearily that 'we're getting used to being part of Johnson's pantomime.' But it may not end happily this time, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Commons Wikimedia

U.K.-EU: pantomime crisis, real risk of a crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The British pantomime is a traditional Christmas entertainment in which stock characters face imaginary dangers and audience participation is encouraged (“He’s behind you!”),

U.K.-EU: pantomime crisis, real risk of a crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The British pantomime is a traditional Christmas entertainment in which stock characters face imaginary dangers and audience participation is encouraged (“He’s behind you!”),
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, picutred, could be a pantomime character: he blusters and rages, he takes the most awful risks, and he seems to get away with it. After his latest move, a senior British diplomat remarked wearily that 'we're getting used to being part of Johnson's pantomime.' But it may not end happily this time, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy Commons Wikimedia

Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

  • LONDON, U.K.—After eight full months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep the economies open and let the chips (or rather, the elderly)
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020

Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—After eight full months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep the economies open and let the chips (or rather, the elderly)

Herd immunity, reinfection and the Great Barrington Declaration

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—After eight full months of the global pandemic, the pressure to keep the economies open and let the chips (or rather, the elderly)

Bolivia: a free and fair election 

  • LONDON, U.K.—The quotation is usually given as “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but Lord Acton’s original remark went on to say: “Great men
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 14, 2020
It turns out that mourning for the death of Bolivian democracy has been a bit premature. The leading candidate in this election is still from the MAS: Luis Arce, a former economy minister who oversaw the nationalization program under Evo Morales, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Bolivia: a free and fair election 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 14, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The quotation is usually given as “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but Lord Acton’s original remark went on to say: “Great men

Bolivia: a free and fair election 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 14, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The quotation is usually given as “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but Lord Acton’s original remark went on to say: “Great men
It turns out that mourning for the death of Bolivian democracy has been a bit premature. The leading candidate in this election is still from the MAS: Luis Arce, a former economy minister who oversaw the nationalization program under Evo Morales, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Trump: the odds

  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is when it gets interesting. The announcement on Oct. 2 that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen ill with COVID-19 hardly came
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 12, 2020
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured Oct. 4, 2020, during a drive-by outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. We must recognize the possibility that Outcome C in some form is already inevitable because Mr. Trump contracted COVID days earlier, concealed it, and is already safely past Day 10. In which case this entire drama is just pantomime, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour

Trump: the odds

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 12, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is when it gets interesting. The announcement on Oct. 2 that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen ill with COVID-19 hardly came

Trump: the odds

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 12, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is when it gets interesting. The announcement on Oct. 2 that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen ill with COVID-19 hardly came
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured Oct. 4, 2020, during a drive-by outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. We must recognize the possibility that Outcome C in some form is already inevitable because Mr. Trump contracted COVID days earlier, concealed it, and is already safely past Day 10. In which case this entire drama is just pantomime, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour

The mysterious allure of being French

  • On Sunday, New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3 per cent to 46 per cent. That’s hardly an overwhelming majority,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2020
New Caledonians voted against independence from France in a referendum on Oct. 4. Screen capture via France24

The mysterious allure of being French

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2020
  • On Sunday, New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3 per cent to 46 per cent. That’s hardly an overwhelming majority,

The mysterious allure of being French

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 5, 2020
  • On Sunday, New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3 per cent to 46 per cent. That’s hardly an overwhelming majority,
New Caledonians voted against independence from France in a referendum on Oct. 4. Screen capture via France24

Armenia, Azerbaijan head for biggest clash over disputed territory since 1994 ceasefire

  • It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is not to say that it’s all
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2020
The Armenian Defense Ministry released this photo, which appears to show a tank from Azerbaijan being destroyed. Photograph courtesy of Armenian Defense Ministry via CNN

Armenia, Azerbaijan head for biggest clash over disputed territory since 1994 ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2020
  • It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is not to say that it’s all

Armenia, Azerbaijan head for biggest clash over disputed territory since 1994 ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 28, 2020
  • It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is not to say that it’s all
The Armenian Defense Ministry released this photo, which appears to show a tank from Azerbaijan being destroyed. Photograph courtesy of Armenian Defense Ministry via CNN

China’s new goal posts virtually guarantee world will also miss never-exceed goal of well below two degrees

  • LONDON, U.K.—China took a major stride forward on climate on Sept. 22. Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing the annual meeting of the United Nations
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2020
There is a risk, real but hard to quantify, that enough tipping points will be triggered to send the global climate off on a self-sustaining and irreversible transformation to a much hotter 'new normal,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixy.org

China’s new goal posts virtually guarantee world will also miss never-exceed goal of well below two degrees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—China took a major stride forward on climate on Sept. 22. Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing the annual meeting of the United Nations

China’s new goal posts virtually guarantee world will also miss never-exceed goal of well below two degrees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—China took a major stride forward on climate on Sept. 22. Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing the annual meeting of the United Nations
There is a risk, real but hard to quantify, that enough tipping points will be triggered to send the global climate off on a self-sustaining and irreversible transformation to a much hotter 'new normal,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixy.org

Which non-violent revolutions will succeed?

  • The old calculation was simple and brutal: if you want to overthrow a tyrant, you must use violence. There was an occasional exception, like
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
Ghandian non-violence obliged the British to avoid massive violence in India (and Pakistan and what eventually became Bangladesh got a free ride out on the same ticket), writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Which non-violent revolutions will succeed?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
  • The old calculation was simple and brutal: if you want to overthrow a tyrant, you must use violence. There was an occasional exception, like

Which non-violent revolutions will succeed?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
  • The old calculation was simple and brutal: if you want to overthrow a tyrant, you must use violence. There was an occasional exception, like
Ghandian non-violence obliged the British to avoid massive violence in India (and Pakistan and what eventually became Bangladesh got a free ride out on the same ticket), writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Boris Johnson’s cunning plan

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’ve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel,” said Blackadder’s sidekick Baldrick in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
So the question in the United Kingdom today is this: if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Blackadder, who is his Baldrick? Who actually put Johnson up to passing a new law that says Britain can unilaterally change the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the European Union less than eight months ago, asks Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Boris Johnson’s cunning plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’ve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel,” said Blackadder’s sidekick Baldrick in

Boris Johnson’s cunning plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 21, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’ve got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel,” said Blackadder’s sidekick Baldrick in
So the question in the United Kingdom today is this: if Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Blackadder, who is his Baldrick? Who actually put Johnson up to passing a new law that says Britain can unilaterally change the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement he signed with the European Union less than eight months ago, asks Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Last days of the old Middle East

  • U.S. President Donald Trump declared “the dawn of a new Middle East” in Washington on Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2020
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of UAE and Bahrain went public in announcing their ties, which had previously been not actually secret, but at least discreet. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Last days of the old Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2020
  • U.S. President Donald Trump declared “the dawn of a new Middle East” in Washington on Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed

Last days of the old Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2020
  • U.S. President Donald Trump declared “the dawn of a new Middle East” in Washington on Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of UAE and Bahrain went public in announcing their ties, which had previously been not actually secret, but at least discreet. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Would two terms of Trump mean the end of American democracy? Not necessarily

  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 14, 2020
Donald Trump is personally a racist, if his remarks and behaviour are any guide, but he is a cynical populist and would be exploiting white fears right now even if he really loved non-white Americans. That is why the vicious legacy of the Civil War, which ended slavery but not white privilege, is finally being dragged out into the open, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Would two terms of Trump mean the end of American democracy? Not necessarily

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 14, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play

Would two terms of Trump mean the end of American democracy? Not necessarily

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 14, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play
Donald Trump is personally a racist, if his remarks and behaviour are any guide, but he is a cynical populist and would be exploiting white fears right now even if he really loved non-white Americans. That is why the vicious legacy of the Civil War, which ended slavery but not white privilege, is finally being dragged out into the open, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Donald Trump’s miracle vaccine

  • LONDON, U.K.—Nine of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have just promised not to apply for regulatory approval for any new COVID-19 vaccine before it
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured. A miracle vaccine need only swing around 100,000 votes in three states to return Trump to the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Donald Trump’s miracle vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nine of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have just promised not to apply for regulatory approval for any new COVID-19 vaccine before it

Donald Trump’s miracle vaccine

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nine of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have just promised not to apply for regulatory approval for any new COVID-19 vaccine before it
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured. A miracle vaccine need only swing around 100,000 votes in three states to return Trump to the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Losing both elections

  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 7, 2020
But would two terms of Trump mean the end of American democracy? Not necessarily. Not even likely. Photograph courtesy of the White House via Flickr

Losing both elections

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play

Losing both elections

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 7, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“To lose one parent … may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness,” wrote Oscar Wilde in his play
But would two terms of Trump mean the end of American democracy? Not necessarily. Not even likely. Photograph courtesy of the White House via Flickr

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