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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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A new Ireland?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Bertie Ahern, who was the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Irish Republic from 1997 to 2008, was a brilliant machine politician, not a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 17, 2020
Mary Lou McDonald, left, and MLA Michelle O'Neill, pictured on Jan. 12, 2018, put it plainly last week after the results of the Irish election—'We are going to have a unity referendum.' Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

A new Ireland?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Bertie Ahern, who was the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Irish Republic from 1997 to 2008, was a brilliant machine politician, not a

A new Ireland?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 17, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Bertie Ahern, who was the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Irish Republic from 1997 to 2008, was a brilliant machine politician, not a
Mary Lou McDonald, left, and MLA Michelle O'Neill, pictured on Jan. 12, 2018, put it plainly last week after the results of the Irish election—'We are going to have a unity referendum.' Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Is the ‘devil virus’ a ‘black swan’?

  • LONDON, U.K.—China officially went back to work on Monday, after an extended two-week Lunar New Year holiday, while the authorities struggled to get the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 10, 2020
President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2015, is no longer claiming that he is 'personally commanding' the anti-virus fight. If this is going to be a complete disaster, somebody else should take the blame. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Is the ‘devil virus’ a ‘black swan’?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 10, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—China officially went back to work on Monday, after an extended two-week Lunar New Year holiday, while the authorities struggled to get the

Is the ‘devil virus’ a ‘black swan’?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 10, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—China officially went back to work on Monday, after an extended two-week Lunar New Year holiday, while the authorities struggled to get the
President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2015, is no longer claiming that he is 'personally commanding' the anti-virus fight. If this is going to be a complete disaster, somebody else should take the blame. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Dems in danger of inheriting a Corbyn of their own

  • Psephology—the statistical study of elections and trends in voting—is the darkest of the dark arts, and you can lose your soul if you delve
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 6, 2020
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders The Hill Times photograph by Wikimedia Commons

Dems in danger of inheriting a Corbyn of their own

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 6, 2020
  • Psephology—the statistical study of elections and trends in voting—is the darkest of the dark arts, and you can lose your soul if you delve

Dems in danger of inheriting a Corbyn of their own

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 6, 2020
  • Psephology—the statistical study of elections and trends in voting—is the darkest of the dark arts, and you can lose your soul if you delve
Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders The Hill Times photograph by Wikimedia Commons

The peculiar thing about the Trump-Netanyahu peace deal

  • LONDON, U.K.—The peculiar thing about the ‘peace deal’ between Israelis and Palestinians that was announced in Washington on Jan. 28 was obvious at a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2020
There was U.S. President Donald Trump and his good buddy Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, together at the podium, and an audience of U.S. and Israeli officials who clapped at every opportunity, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

The peculiar thing about the Trump-Netanyahu peace deal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The peculiar thing about the ‘peace deal’ between Israelis and Palestinians that was announced in Washington on Jan. 28 was obvious at a

The peculiar thing about the Trump-Netanyahu peace deal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 3, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The peculiar thing about the ‘peace deal’ between Israelis and Palestinians that was announced in Washington on Jan. 28 was obvious at a
There was U.S. President Donald Trump and his good buddy Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, together at the podium, and an audience of U.S. and Israeli officials who clapped at every opportunity, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Scoring China’s coronavirus response

  • LONDON, U.K.—In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is that it can respond very fast. The bad thing is that it won’t
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2020
President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2015, finally spoke about the coronavirus on Jan. 25, saying that China faces a ‘grave situation,’ and now the system is racing to do what should have been done two weeks ago. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Scoring China’s coronavirus response

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is that it can respond very fast. The bad thing is that it won’t

Scoring China’s coronavirus response

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 29, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—In an emergency, the good thing about a dictatorship is that it can respond very fast. The bad thing is that it won’t
President Xi Jinping, pictured in 2015, finally spoke about the coronavirus on Jan. 25, saying that China faces a ‘grave situation,’ and now the system is racing to do what should have been done two weeks ago. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Time to start shredding?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2020
Donald Trump, pictured in this file photograph in North Dakota. His speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although without the usual xenophobia and dog-whistle racism, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photgraph courtesy of Flickr

Time to start shredding?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although

Time to start shredding?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 27, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump’s speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although
Donald Trump, pictured in this file photograph in North Dakota. His speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 20 contained no surprises: half an hour of chest-thumping self-praise, although without the usual xenophobia and dog-whistle racism, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photgraph courtesy of Flickr

Putin the immortal?

  • Five years ago, somebody posted photographs on the internet showing a man who looked a lot like Vladimir Putin in photographs from 1920 and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
Corruption in Putin’s Russia is far less than it was in the 1990s under the first post-Communist president, the Western-backed Boris Yeltsin, a drunken puppet who made ordinary Russians cringe. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum

Putin the immortal?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
  • Five years ago, somebody posted photographs on the internet showing a man who looked a lot like Vladimir Putin in photographs from 1920 and

Putin the immortal?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
  • Five years ago, somebody posted photographs on the internet showing a man who looked a lot like Vladimir Putin in photographs from 1920 and
Corruption in Putin’s Russia is far less than it was in the 1990s under the first post-Communist president, the Western-backed Boris Yeltsin, a drunken puppet who made ordinary Russians cringe. Photograph courtesy of the World Economic Forum

River of the dammed

  • LONDON, U.K.—When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed got the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending his country’s 20-year military confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, but U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured, missed all of his generation’s lessons (heel spurs). Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, what’s the difference? They’re all in Africa, and they all start with ‘E’. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

River of the dammed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed got the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending his country’s 20-year military confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea,

River of the dammed

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 20, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed got the Nobel Peace Prize last year for ending his country’s 20-year military confrontation with neighbouring Eritrea,
War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography, but U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured, missed all of his generation’s lessons (heel spurs). Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt, what’s the difference? They’re all in Africa, and they all start with ‘E’. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Collateral damage

  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the main causes of death for airline passengers in recent decades is being shot down by somebody’s military. Not the very
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 13, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 11, 2020, says Iran's admission is an 'important step,' and that it expects the regime to co-operate fully and transparently in the investigation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Collateral damage

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the main causes of death for airline passengers in recent decades is being shot down by somebody’s military. Not the very

Collateral damage

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 13, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the main causes of death for airline passengers in recent decades is being shot down by somebody’s military. Not the very
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured Jan. 11, 2020, says Iran's admission is an 'important step,' and that it expects the regime to co-operate fully and transparently in the investigation. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Tit-for-tat is clearly the game Trump thinks he’s playing

  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Iranians played the game the same way that Donald Trump does, then their revenge for the American assassination of Iran’s leading
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2020
Donald Trump and Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani’s murder has largely erased that resentment: he is yet another Shia martyr to the cause. The prime minister of Iraq showed up at his huge funeral procession in Baghdad on Saturday, and an extraordinary session of the Iraqi parliament has been called to debate a resolution demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops from Iraq, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Tit-for-tat is clearly the game Trump thinks he’s playing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Iranians played the game the same way that Donald Trump does, then their revenge for the American assassination of Iran’s leading

Tit-for-tat is clearly the game Trump thinks he’s playing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 6, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—If the Iranians played the game the same way that Donald Trump does, then their revenge for the American assassination of Iran’s leading
Donald Trump and Qassem Soleimani. Soleimani’s murder has largely erased that resentment: he is yet another Shia martyr to the cause. The prime minister of Iraq showed up at his huge funeral procession in Baghdad on Saturday, and an extraordinary session of the Iraqi parliament has been called to debate a resolution demanding the expulsion of U.S. troops from Iraq, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Georgette Mosbacher’s history lesson

  • LONDON, U.K.—The row started when Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, was asked about the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 during his annual press conference on Dec.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 2, 2020
The row started when Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, was asked about the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 during his annual press conference on Dec. 19, 2019, and gave a deliberately evasive answer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin/Flickr

Georgette Mosbacher’s history lesson

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The row started when Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, was asked about the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 during his annual press conference on Dec.

Georgette Mosbacher’s history lesson

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 2, 2020
  • LONDON, U.K.—The row started when Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, was asked about the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 during his annual press conference on Dec.
The row started when Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, was asked about the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939 during his annual press conference on Dec. 19, 2019, and gave a deliberately evasive answer. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin/Flickr

Deadlocked at Madrid, firestorms in Australia

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” warned UN Secretary General António Guterres as COP25 opened in Madrid two
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2019
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned, earlier this month as COP25 was getting underway, that the 'point of no return' on climate change 'is no longer over the horizon.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Deadlocked at Madrid, firestorms in Australia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” warned UN Secretary General António Guterres as COP25 opened in Madrid two

Deadlocked at Madrid, firestorms in Australia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The point of no return is no longer over the horizon,” warned UN Secretary General António Guterres as COP25 opened in Madrid two
UN Secretary General António Guterres warned, earlier this month as COP25 was getting underway, that the 'point of no return' on climate change 'is no longer over the horizon.' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ukraine: a cold peace?

  • LONDON, U.K.—After the Dec. 9 first encounter between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Paris, there were the inevitable accusations
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2019
After the Dec. 9 first encounter in Paris between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, pictured, there were the inevitable accusations that Putin had taken the inexperienced Zelenskiy to the cleaners. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Ukraine: a cold peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—After the Dec. 9 first encounter between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Paris, there were the inevitable accusations

Ukraine: a cold peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 16, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—After the Dec. 9 first encounter between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Paris, there were the inevitable accusations
After the Dec. 9 first encounter in Paris between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, pictured, there were the inevitable accusations that Putin had taken the inexperienced Zelenskiy to the cleaners. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

The not-so-great game

  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the lesser unsolved mysteries of our time is why countries whose names end in “u” prefer the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019

The not-so-great game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the lesser unsolved mysteries of our time is why countries whose names end in “u” prefer the Republic of China (Taiwan)

The not-so-great game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—One of the lesser unsolved mysteries of our time is why countries whose names end in “u” prefer the Republic of China (Taiwan)

Faint hope in Yemen

  • LONDON, U.K.—Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five years
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019
Protesters, pictured March 7, 2018. Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five years old, always looked likely to end up in the second category, and the time may be quite soon. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Faint hope in Yemen

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five years

Faint hope in Yemen

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 9, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five years
Protesters, pictured March 7, 2018. Some wars end in victory, but just as many sputter out in exhaustion. The war in Yemen, now coming up on five years old, always looked likely to end up in the second category, and the time may be quite soon. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

NATO at 70

  • LONDON, U.K.—When he took office in January 2017, Donald Trump called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “obsolete”, but he hates all multinational institutions so
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2019
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in 2018 following their meeting in Ottawa. NATO member states are meeting in London, U.K., to mark the alliance's 70th birthday. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

NATO at 70

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—When he took office in January 2017, Donald Trump called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “obsolete”, but he hates all multinational institutions so

NATO at 70

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—When he took office in January 2017, Donald Trump called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “obsolete”, but he hates all multinational institutions so
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, pictured with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in 2018 following their meeting in Ottawa. NATO member states are meeting in London, U.K., to mark the alliance's 70th birthday. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Hong Kong: don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘silent majority’ in Hong Kong, who regime supporters hoped would show that they are fed up with the pro-democracy protests that have
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
Hong Kong protesters, pictured Aug. 18, 2019. The protesters have been remarkably determined and successful. They have already managed to force Chief Executive Carrie Lam to drop her proposed law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited and tried in Chinese courts. That would have ended the rule of law in the city, since Chinese courts do whatever the regime wants. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Hong Kong: don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘silent majority’ in Hong Kong, who regime supporters hoped would show that they are fed up with the pro-democracy protests that have

Hong Kong: don’t snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘silent majority’ in Hong Kong, who regime supporters hoped would show that they are fed up with the pro-democracy protests that have
Hong Kong protesters, pictured Aug. 18, 2019. The protesters have been remarkably determined and successful. They have already managed to force Chief Executive Carrie Lam to drop her proposed law that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be extradited and tried in Chinese courts. That would have ended the rule of law in the city, since Chinese courts do whatever the regime wants. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

So much for promises of ‘early and deep cuts’ to avoid catastrophic climate change

  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up 30
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
A climate protester, pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

So much for promises of ‘early and deep cuts’ to avoid catastrophic climate change

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up 30

So much for promises of ‘early and deep cuts’ to avoid catastrophic climate change

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 2, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up 30
A climate protester, pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate denial: a new strategy

  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up thirty
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 27, 2019
Hundreds gathered in May to protest government inaction on climate change. A new UN climate report found that emissions have gone up 15 per cent in the past 10 years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate denial: a new strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 27, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up thirty

Climate denial: a new strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 27, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—What a surprise! The annual emissions report by the United Nations is now out, and greenhouse gas emissions are still going up thirty
Hundreds gathered in May to protest government inaction on climate change. A new UN climate report found that emissions have gone up 15 per cent in the past 10 years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

News that isn’t news

  • LONDON, U.K.—As British newspaper magnate Viscount Northcliffe said: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2019
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured March 20, 2019, arriving at Joint Base Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, en route Ohio. So by the time Donald Trump got around to declaring the Israeli settlements in the West Bank legal last weekend, it wasn’t news at all. The commentators did their best to make it newsworthy, asking if this will end the ‘peace process’ (as if it hadn’t been dead already for at least 10 years). There’s nothing the Palestinians can do about it, and nobody else really cares, not even other Arab states. Photograph courtesy White House photographer Shealah Craighead

News that isn’t news

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—As British newspaper magnate Viscount Northcliffe said: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But

News that isn’t news

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 25, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—As British newspaper magnate Viscount Northcliffe said: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, pictured March 20, 2019, arriving at Joint Base Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, en route Ohio. So by the time Donald Trump got around to declaring the Israeli settlements in the West Bank legal last weekend, it wasn’t news at all. The commentators did their best to make it newsworthy, asking if this will end the ‘peace process’ (as if it hadn’t been dead already for at least 10 years). There’s nothing the Palestinians can do about it, and nobody else really cares, not even other Arab states. Photograph courtesy White House photographer Shealah Craighead

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