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

Surviving the population crash

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

Surviving the population crash

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

Surviving the population crash

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

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

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

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

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

The curious case of China’s disappearing generals

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

The last arms control treaty expires

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

The last arms control treaty expires

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

The last arms control treaty expires

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

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

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

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

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

Is Iran pretending to have nukes?

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

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

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

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

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

Iran an active case study on whether massacres work

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

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

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

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

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

After Davos, Trump confronts an inflection point

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

One Danish soldier

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

One Danish soldier

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

One Danish soldier

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

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

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

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

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

Trump versus NATO, target Greenland

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

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

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

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

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

Why America intervening in Iran is a bad idea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

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

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

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

Trump’s case for a Greenland invasion is utter hogwash

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

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

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

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

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

Imagining a post-Ayatollah Iran

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

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

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

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

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

Trump, Venezuela, and seriously bad decisions

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

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

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

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

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

Derzhavnost and ‘respect’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Geoengineering for grown-ups

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

Geoengineering for grown-ups

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

Geoengineering for grown-ups

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

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

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

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

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

Trump’s many ‘peace’ deals turn sour

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

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

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

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

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

Venezuela strikes are nothing but performative murder

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

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

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

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

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

Bibi awaits the next Trump distraction to dodge legal troubles

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukraine: once more around the loop

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

Ukraine: once more around the loop

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

Ukraine: once more around the loop

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

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

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

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

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

Iran: drought, incompetence, and maybe revolution

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

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

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

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

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

Trump, the BBC, and a bad edit

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

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

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

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

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

COP 30 unlikely to shift political will

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

Sudan: another partition?

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

Sudan: another partition?

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

Sudan: another partition?

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

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

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

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

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

Trump’s game of ‘Made You Look’

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

An Arab nadir driven by clueless hegemons

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

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)

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