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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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Is this really a turning point?

  • LONDON, U.K.—People who look for silver linings (a.k.a. optimists) think that COVID-19 might be the inflection point where we start getting serious about our
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
A young lad, pictured on the Hill on May 3, 2019, at a protest calling on the Canadian federal government to take action on climate change. There’s no time for climate this year, and last year’s climate momentum will not automatically return when the virus is under control. Momentum takes time to build, and we are running out of time. There is no magical deliverance on the way, and, on balance, the current health emergency is setting back the cause of climate sanity, not advancing it, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Is this really a turning point?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—People who look for silver linings (a.k.a. optimists) think that COVID-19 might be the inflection point where we start getting serious about our

Is this really a turning point?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—People who look for silver linings (a.k.a. optimists) think that COVID-19 might be the inflection point where we start getting serious about our
A young lad, pictured on the Hill on May 3, 2019, at a protest calling on the Canadian federal government to take action on climate change. There’s no time for climate this year, and last year’s climate momentum will not automatically return when the virus is under control. Momentum takes time to build, and we are running out of time. There is no magical deliverance on the way, and, on balance, the current health emergency is setting back the cause of climate sanity, not advancing it, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

COVID-19 death rates and arrogance

  • LONDON, U.K.—Something has gone wrong in the “anglosphere,” as the English-speaking countries are known in some other parts of the world. Smaller English-speaking countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 27, 2020
Prime Minister Boris Johnson must be very grateful to have U.S. President Donald ‘Lysol’ Trump, pictured, to make him look good by comparison. The American president’s sins of omission on coronavirus are why the U.S. has one-third of the COVID-19 infections in the world, with only one-twentieth of the world’s population, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of White House/Andrea Hanks

COVID-19 death rates and arrogance

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Something has gone wrong in the “anglosphere,” as the English-speaking countries are known in some other parts of the world. Smaller English-speaking countries

COVID-19 death rates and arrogance

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Something has gone wrong in the “anglosphere,” as the English-speaking countries are known in some other parts of the world. Smaller English-speaking countries
Prime Minister Boris Johnson must be very grateful to have U.S. President Donald ‘Lysol’ Trump, pictured, to make him look good by comparison. The American president’s sins of omission on coronavirus are why the U.S. has one-third of the COVID-19 infections in the world, with only one-twentieth of the world’s population, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of White House/Andrea Hanks

Is it time for Dr. Fauci to quit?

  • Brazil’s health minister, Luiz Mandetta, was fired last Friday for criticizing the country’s mini-Trump, Jair Bolsonaro. Like Trump, President Bolsonaro needs a booming economy
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been ignoring Donald Trump’s exaggerations and lies so he can preserve his influence for some more important occasion, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Is it time for Dr. Fauci to quit?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
  • Brazil’s health minister, Luiz Mandetta, was fired last Friday for criticizing the country’s mini-Trump, Jair Bolsonaro. Like Trump, President Bolsonaro needs a booming economy

Is it time for Dr. Fauci to quit?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
  • Brazil’s health minister, Luiz Mandetta, was fired last Friday for criticizing the country’s mini-Trump, Jair Bolsonaro. Like Trump, President Bolsonaro needs a booming economy
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been ignoring Donald Trump’s exaggerations and lies so he can preserve his influence for some more important occasion, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Toddler-in-chief in the White House is frantic to reopen the economy

  • LONDON, U.K.—Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on April 7, 2020, in the White House press briefing room. Mr. Trump might actually order the country to reopen on May 1, as he believes that 'When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total.' But most states wouldn’t obey his command: as New York governor Andrew Cuomo said: 'We have a Constitution … we don’t have a king … the president doesn’t have total authority.' Photograph courtesy of Flickr/White House photographer Andrea Hanks

Toddler-in-chief in the White House is frantic to reopen the economy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last

Toddler-in-chief in the White House is frantic to reopen the economy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Wuhan, the Chinese city where it all started, was locked down for 79 days before the restrictions on movement were finally lifted last
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured on April 7, 2020, in the White House press briefing room. Mr. Trump might actually order the country to reopen on May 1, as he believes that 'When somebody is the president of the United States, the authority is total.' But most states wouldn’t obey his command: as New York governor Andrew Cuomo said: 'We have a Constitution … we don’t have a king … the president doesn’t have total authority.' Photograph courtesy of Flickr/White House photographer Andrea Hanks

Bangladesh: swift justice

  • LONDON, U.K.—The murders happened 45 years ago, and what remains of the family has been seeking vengeance ever since. One of the killers was
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020

Bangladesh: swift justice

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The murders happened 45 years ago, and what remains of the family has been seeking vengeance ever since. One of the killers was

Bangladesh: swift justice

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The murders happened 45 years ago, and what remains of the family has been seeking vengeance ever since. One of the killers was

Back to normal is still a long way off

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s wrong to say that there is no exit strategy from the anti-coronavirus lockdowns that have proliferated across the world. There is, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseaeases, actually said on March 29 'looking at what we’re seeing now, I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 … deaths,' but let’s stick with the lowball figure, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograp courtesy of Flickr

Back to normal is still a long way off

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s wrong to say that there is no exit strategy from the anti-coronavirus lockdowns that have proliferated across the world. There is, and

Back to normal is still a long way off

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s wrong to say that there is no exit strategy from the anti-coronavirus lockdowns that have proliferated across the world. There is, and
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseaeases, actually said on March 29 'looking at what we’re seeing now, I would say between 100,000 and 200,000 … deaths,' but let’s stick with the lowball figure, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograp courtesy of Flickr

Hungary: the first casualty?

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Hello, dictator!” said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary’s leader, Victor Orbán, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 6, 2020
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, pictured on May 16, 2018. On March 30, 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law, allegedly to deal with the coronavirus crisis. It declares a state of emergency and allows Mr. Orbán to rule by decree for the duration of the crisis—but it doesn’t say when that state of emergency will end. That will be decided by the man who has just been granted supreme power, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Hungary: the first casualty?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Hello, dictator!” said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary’s leader, Victor Orbán, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The

Hungary: the first casualty?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | April 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Hello, dictator!” said Jean-Claude Juncker cheerily to Hungary’s leader, Victor Orbán, at a European Union summit meeting a couple of years ago. The
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, pictured on May 16, 2018. On March 30, 2020, the Hungarian parliament passed a new law, allegedly to deal with the coronavirus crisis. It declares a state of emergency and allows Mr. Orbán to rule by decree for the duration of the crisis—but it doesn’t say when that state of emergency will end. That will be decided by the man who has just been granted supreme power, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Saving the old amid the pandemic

  • LONDON, U.K.—The basic choice all along with COVID-19 has been: do we let the old die, or do we take a big hit economically?
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured with outgoing Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, has, along with cabinet colleagues, has helped roll out a series of relief measures aimed at cushioning the blow of the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Saving the old amid the pandemic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The basic choice all along with COVID-19 has been: do we let the old die, or do we take a big hit economically?

Saving the old amid the pandemic

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The basic choice all along with COVID-19 has been: do we let the old die, or do we take a big hit economically?
Finance Minister Bill Morneau, pictured with outgoing Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, has, along with cabinet colleagues, has helped roll out a series of relief measures aimed at cushioning the blow of the pandemic. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Nine things that have changed because of the plague

  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
So it’s an ill wind that blows no good, a saying that was already old when John Heywood first catalogued it in 1546. Some of the anticipated changes are definitely good, but we are going to pay an enormous price in lives and in loss for these benefits. It could have been dealt with a lot better, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Nine things that have changed because of the plague

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19

Nine things that have changed because of the plague

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 30, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19
So it’s an ill wind that blows no good, a saying that was already old when John Heywood first catalogued it in 1546. Some of the anticipated changes are definitely good, but we are going to pay an enormous price in lives and in loss for these benefits. It could have been dealt with a lot better, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

How the plague is going to change everyday life

  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
House of Commons staffer wipes the table where ministers convene for their daily noon briefings to update reporters on the federal response to COVID-19. The virus will have far-reaching ramifications on our everyday lives, says Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

How the plague is going to change everyday life

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19

How the plague is going to change everyday life

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—They teach you in journalism school never to use the phrase “…X has changed the world forever.” Or at least they should. COVID-19
House of Commons staffer wipes the table where ministers convene for their daily noon briefings to update reporters on the federal response to COVID-19. The virus will have far-reaching ramifications on our everyday lives, says Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Covid-19: the exit problem

  • LONDON, U.K.—Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
The United States, as a whole, is still in 'mitigation,' because it takes a long time to turn a supertanker like Donald Trump all the way around, but New York and some other big American cities and states have already moved on to suppression. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Covid-19: the exit problem

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This

Covid-19: the exit problem

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 23, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This
The United States, as a whole, is still in 'mitigation,' because it takes a long time to turn a supertanker like Donald Trump all the way around, but New York and some other big American cities and states have already moved on to suppression. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

The exit problem

  • Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2020
Canada's Parliament suspended sitting until April 20 last week in an effort to do its part to 'flatten the curve.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The exit problem

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2020
  • Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This is

The exit problem

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 18, 2020
  • Most of the countries in Asia, Europe, and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This is
Canada's Parliament suspended sitting until April 20 last week in an effort to do its part to 'flatten the curve.' The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In the U.K., playing roulette with coronavirus

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I must level with the British public: many more families are going to lose their loved ones before their time.” Prime Minister Boris
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for combatting Covid-19 may kill a great many Britons for nothing if he is wrong. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In the U.K., playing roulette with coronavirus

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I must level with the British public: many more families are going to lose their loved ones before their time.” Prime Minister Boris

In the U.K., playing roulette with coronavirus

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I must level with the British public: many more families are going to lose their loved ones before their time.” Prime Minister Boris
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for combatting Covid-19 may kill a great many Britons for nothing if he is wrong. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Bibi, Benny and Ruvi: the future of Israel

  • LONDON, U.K.—Benjamin Netanyahu, or ‘Bibi,’ as everyone calls him, is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, and still in office although he has
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
The major obstacle to forming a majority coalition is the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial later this month on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Even if he is found guilty, he could technically stay in office until his last appeal is exhausted, a process that could take years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Bibi, Benny and Ruvi: the future of Israel

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Benjamin Netanyahu, or ‘Bibi,’ as everyone calls him, is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, and still in office although he has

Bibi, Benny and Ruvi: the future of Israel

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 16, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Benjamin Netanyahu, or ‘Bibi,’ as everyone calls him, is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history, and still in office although he has
The major obstacle to forming a majority coalition is the fact that Benjamin Netanyahu goes on trial later this month on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Even if he is found guilty, he could technically stay in office until his last appeal is exhausted, a process that could take years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Behind all the bluster and denial, China is actually doing the right thing

  • LONDON, U.K.—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has run afoul of the language police. Last Thursday, he publicly called the coronavirus that has already
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 9, 2020
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been glowingly portrayed as a hero in the fight against the coronavirus, despite the fact that the Communist Party's hierarchical structure hobbled public acknowledgement that there was a dangerous virus active in Wuhan for several crucial weeks. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Behind all the bluster and denial, China is actually doing the right thing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 9, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has run afoul of the language police. Last Thursday, he publicly called the coronavirus that has already

Behind all the bluster and denial, China is actually doing the right thing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 9, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has run afoul of the language police. Last Thursday, he publicly called the coronavirus that has already
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been glowingly portrayed as a hero in the fight against the coronavirus, despite the fact that the Communist Party's hierarchical structure hobbled public acknowledgement that there was a dangerous virus active in Wuhan for several crucial weeks. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

India’s Kristallnacht?

  • LONDON, U.K.—The anti-Muslim pogrom in northeastern Delhi on Feb. 23 only killed 43 people, and a few of them weren’t even Muslims. But then
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2020
Many senior officials in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s, pictured, ruling BJP (Indian People’s Party) indulge in blood-curdling anti-Muslim rhetoric, and more than a few have urged violence against Muslims, but there is no plan to exterminate them in death camps. It can’t be done, writes Gywnne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

India’s Kristallnacht?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The anti-Muslim pogrom in northeastern Delhi on Feb. 23 only killed 43 people, and a few of them weren’t even Muslims. But then

India’s Kristallnacht?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 4, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The anti-Muslim pogrom in northeastern Delhi on Feb. 23 only killed 43 people, and a few of them weren’t even Muslims. But then
Many senior officials in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s, pictured, ruling BJP (Indian People’s Party) indulge in blood-curdling anti-Muslim rhetoric, and more than a few have urged violence against Muslims, but there is no plan to exterminate them in death camps. It can’t be done, writes Gywnne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Lady Macbeth of Maseru

  • LONDON, U.K.—First there was Macbeth, the Shakespeare play (1606). It’s a bloody play even by Shakespeare’s demanding standards, with Lady Macbeth as the chief
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 2, 2020
Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, right, pictured on Aug. 9, 2017, with Cyril Ramaphosa, who is now prime minister of South Africa. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Lady Macbeth of Maseru

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—First there was Macbeth, the Shakespeare play (1606). It’s a bloody play even by Shakespeare’s demanding standards, with Lady Macbeth as the chief

Lady Macbeth of Maseru

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | March 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—First there was Macbeth, the Shakespeare play (1606). It’s a bloody play even by Shakespeare’s demanding standards, with Lady Macbeth as the chief
Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane, right, pictured on Aug. 9, 2017, with Cyril Ramaphosa, who is now prime minister of South Africa. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Assange confronting the costs of being a whistleblower 

  • LONDON, U.K.—The cost of being a whistleblower is going up. When Daniel Ellberg stole and published the Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing the monstrous
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2020
Julian Assange, whose court hearing on a U.S. extradition request began on Monday at Woolwich crown court in east London, is facing 175 years in jail if Britain delivers him into American hands. Photograph courtesy of Cancillería del Ecuador via Flickr

Assange confronting the costs of being a whistleblower 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The cost of being a whistleblower is going up. When Daniel Ellberg stole and published the Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing the monstrous

Assange confronting the costs of being a whistleblower 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 26, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The cost of being a whistleblower is going up. When Daniel Ellberg stole and published the Pentagon Papers in 1971, revealing the monstrous
Julian Assange, whose court hearing on a U.S. extradition request began on Monday at Woolwich crown court in east London, is facing 175 years in jail if Britain delivers him into American hands. Photograph courtesy of Cancillería del Ecuador via Flickr

The next Russo-Turkish war?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Turkey has not won a war against Russia since the 1600s, although there have been at least half a dozen of them. You
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 24, 2020
Turkey's President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, left, pictured on June 29, 2019, with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Osaka, Japan. Mr. Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey for the past 17 years, says he is going to start a war with Russia at the end of this month. Just in Syria, of course, where both Turkey and Russia have already been meddling in the civil war for years. He’s not completely deranged. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

The next Russo-Turkish war?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Turkey has not won a war against Russia since the 1600s, although there have been at least half a dozen of them. You

The next Russo-Turkish war?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 24, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Turkey has not won a war against Russia since the 1600s, although there have been at least half a dozen of them. You
Turkey's President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, left, pictured on June 29, 2019, with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Osaka, Japan. Mr. Erdogan, who has ruled Turkey for the past 17 years, says he is going to start a war with Russia at the end of this month. Just in Syria, of course, where both Turkey and Russia have already been meddling in the civil war for years. He’s not completely deranged. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Germany, Japan, and the war on rationality

  • LONDON, U.K.—Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the war on rationality.  Coal, as everybody knows, is by far
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2020
There is no case for shutting down existing nuclear stations and burning more coal to make up the difference, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Germany, Japan, and the war on rationality

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the war on rationality.  Coal, as everybody knows, is by far

Germany, Japan, and the war on rationality

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 19, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Germany and Japan are finally winning a war together. Unfortunately, it is the war on rationality.  Coal, as everybody knows, is by far
There is no case for shutting down existing nuclear stations and burning more coal to make up the difference, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

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