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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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The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
The picture of 23-month-old Valeria Martinez, tucked into her father Oscar’s T-shirt, pictured on June 24, 2019, both dead face down on the banks of the Rio Grande, has unleashed a similar wave of sympathy in the United States, although it certainly hasn’t reached the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of El Paìs Internacional

The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image

The real refugee problem: as the number of migrants goes up, the willingness of host populations to receive them will inevitably go down

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 15, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Every once in a while a photograph of a migrant’s tragic death (usually that of a child) catches the public’s imagination. The image
The picture of 23-month-old Valeria Martinez, tucked into her father Oscar’s T-shirt, pictured on June 24, 2019, both dead face down on the banks of the Rio Grande, has unleashed a similar wave of sympathy in the United States, although it certainly hasn’t reached the White House, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of El Paìs Internacional

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
It's been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor negotiated. In the latest provocation, on Monday, Iran announced that it would start enriching uranium fuel to more than 3.67 per cent, the limit set by the treaty that it signed in 2015. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year

Iran and Trump: ‘uniquely dysfunctional, divided’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Iran has “begun its march … towards nuclear weaponry,” said Israel’s energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year
It's been more than a year since U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal that his predecessor negotiated. In the latest provocation, on Monday, Iran announced that it would start enriching uranium fuel to more than 3.67 per cent, the limit set by the treaty that it signed in 2015. Photograph by Gage Skidmore

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
The Al Jazeera office, pictured, in Doha, Qatar. Its management has been taking out full-page paid ads in leading world newspapers (e.g. The New York Times on June 23 and The Guardian on June 29) pointing out that they now face a 'credible death threat' from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, they’re right. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem

Al Jazeera journalists take a Saudi threat to attack them seriously

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 8, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Killing journalists is no big deal. “Get rid of them. Fake news is a great term, isn’t it? You don’t have this problem
The Al Jazeera office, pictured, in Doha, Qatar. Its management has been taking out full-page paid ads in leading world newspapers (e.g. The New York Times on June 23 and The Guardian on June 29) pointing out that they now face a 'credible death threat' from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately, they’re right. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

The Brexit cult

  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, both contenders for the Tory leadership in the U.K., have vowed to junk May’s deal and 'renegotiate' a better one, but that truly is infeasible, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Brexit cult

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the

The Brexit cult

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 4, 2019
  • Oscar Wilde described fox-hunting as “the unspeakable in pursuit of the inedible.” Brexit may be similarly defined as the unhinged in pursuit of the
Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, both contenders for the Tory leadership in the U.K., have vowed to junk May’s deal and 'renegotiate' a better one, but that truly is infeasible, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, right, pictured on June 21, 2019, with Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation of Djibouti, is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past

Ethiopia: Abiy the lucky

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, right, pictured on June 21, 2019, with Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, minister for foreign affairs and international cooperation of Djibouti, is a very lucky man. He has survived three attempts to kill or overthrow him in the past year, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Twitter

Not just a late monsoon

  • The monsoon rains are finally arriving in central and northern India, but they are two weeks late. It started raining in Mumbai on Monday,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2019
The farm fields of Munnar, India. With monsoon season delayed, some parts of the country have not seen rain in 200 days. Photo by Ravi Pinisetti on Unsplash

Not just a late monsoon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2019
  • The monsoon rains are finally arriving in central and northern India, but they are two weeks late. It started raining in Mumbai on Monday,

Not just a late monsoon

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 26, 2019
  • The monsoon rains are finally arriving in central and northern India, but they are two weeks late. It started raining in Mumbai on Monday,
The farm fields of Munnar, India. With monsoon season delayed, some parts of the country have not seen rain in 200 days. Photo by Ravi Pinisetti on Unsplash

Iran’s game

  • LONDON, U.K.—The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance, Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2019
The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance, Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last month and two more last Thursday, June 13. Those attacks carefully avoided human casualties, so if they were Iranian, what was their goal, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of ABC News

Iran’s game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance, Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last

Iran’s game

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 24, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance, Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last
The evidence is far from conclusive, but on balance, Iran probably is behind the attacks on four oil tankers in the Gulf last month and two more last Thursday, June 13. Those attacks carefully avoided human casualties, so if they were Iranian, what was their goal, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture image courtesy of ABC News

Morsi: a death foretold

  • Egypt’s first and last democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, died on Monday, lying on the floor of the courtroom where they were trying him
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2019
Then-U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, pictured in 2013, with Mohammed Morsi, the recently deceased former president of Egypt. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons via U.S. Department of State

Morsi: a death foretold

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2019
  • Egypt’s first and last democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, died on Monday, lying on the floor of the courtroom where they were trying him

Morsi: a death foretold

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 20, 2019
  • Egypt’s first and last democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, died on Monday, lying on the floor of the courtroom where they were trying him
Then-U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, pictured in 2013, with Mohammed Morsi, the recently deceased former president of Egypt. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons via U.S. Department of State

Brexit and drugs

  • LONDON, U.K.—A drug bust can ruin your whole day, so it’s best to have a get-out-of-jail-free card ready. In the United States being white
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2019
By June 8, seven of the 10 candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party in Britain had been outed as former users of illegal drugs. This includes all three leading candidates for the job, Boris Johnson, left, Michael Gove, and Jeremy Hunt, one of whom will therefore almost certainly become prime minister next month. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Brexit and drugs

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—A drug bust can ruin your whole day, so it’s best to have a get-out-of-jail-free card ready. In the United States being white

Brexit and drugs

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 17, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—A drug bust can ruin your whole day, so it’s best to have a get-out-of-jail-free card ready. In the United States being white
By June 8, seven of the 10 candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party in Britain had been outed as former users of illegal drugs. This includes all three leading candidates for the job, Boris Johnson, left, Michael Gove, and Jeremy Hunt, one of whom will therefore almost certainly become prime minister next month. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sudan: no surprise

  • It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The death toll in Khartoum after last week’s massacre stands at 118,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2019
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan, who was ousted in April, in a coup, originally created Janjaweed, a paramilitary group, to carry out a genocide in the separatist western province of Darfur. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sudan: no surprise

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2019
  • It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The death toll in Khartoum after last week’s massacre stands at 118,

Sudan: no surprise

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2019
  • It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The death toll in Khartoum after last week’s massacre stands at 118,
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan, who was ousted in April, in a coup, originally created Janjaweed, a paramilitary group, to carry out a genocide in the separatist western province of Darfur. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Sudan: no surprise

  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The official death toll in Khartoum after last Monday’s massacre stands
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 10, 2019
The official death toll in Khartoum after last Monday’s massacre stands at 35, but the whole city is still locked down, with columns of Rapid Support Forces vehicles driving through the streets firing at practically anything that moves. There may be a lot more dead. Al Jazeera reported at least 100 people have been killed on June 3. Screen capture image courtesy Al Jazeera

Sudan: no surprise

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 10, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The official death toll in Khartoum after last Monday’s massacre stands

Sudan: no surprise

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 10, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It’s like Tiananmen Square in miniature, and maybe not all that miniature. The official death toll in Khartoum after last Monday’s massacre stands
The official death toll in Khartoum after last Monday’s massacre stands at 35, but the whole city is still locked down, with columns of Rapid Support Forces vehicles driving through the streets firing at practically anything that moves. There may be a lot more dead. Al Jazeera reported at least 100 people have been killed on June 3. Screen capture image courtesy Al Jazeera

The People’s Republic of Amnesia

  • LONDON, U.K.—Another of the five-yearly anniversaries has rolled around, and it’s time to write another think-piece about the long-term meaning of the massacre on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
People pictured in Hong Kong on June 4, 2007, attending a candlelight vigil for the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The People’s Republic of Amnesia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Another of the five-yearly anniversaries has rolled around, and it’s time to write another think-piece about the long-term meaning of the massacre on

The People’s Republic of Amnesia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Another of the five-yearly anniversaries has rolled around, and it’s time to write another think-piece about the long-term meaning of the massacre on
People pictured in Hong Kong on June 4, 2007, attending a candlelight vigil for the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

The Mad Dog of the Middle East

  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East,’ as Ronald Reagan once called Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is on the brink of achieving his
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
The ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East,' as Ronald Reagan once called Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is on the brink of achieving his life’s ambition: becoming the dictator of Libya, writes Gywnne Dyer. Screen capture photograph courtesy Africa News

The Mad Dog of the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East,’ as Ronald Reagan once called Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is on the brink of achieving his

The Mad Dog of the Middle East

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 3, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—The ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East,’ as Ronald Reagan once called Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is on the brink of achieving his
The ‘Mad Dog of the Middle East,' as Ronald Reagan once called Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, is on the brink of achieving his life’s ambition: becoming the dictator of Libya, writes Gywnne Dyer. Screen capture photograph courtesy Africa News

EU elections show choices are becoming clearer

  • The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say that the choices are getting clearer—and a lot
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2019
Elections to the EU Parliament held last week in 28 European countries, including the U.K., were the second-biggest democratic exercise. Theresa May says she will resign as prime minister on June 7. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

EU elections show choices are becoming clearer

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2019
  • The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say that the choices are getting clearer—and a lot

EU elections show choices are becoming clearer

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 28, 2019
  • The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say that the choices are getting clearer—and a lot
Elections to the EU Parliament held last week in 28 European countries, including the U.K., were the second-biggest democratic exercise. Theresa May says she will resign as prime minister on June 7. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

Iran: an unwinnable war

  • LONDON, U.K.—“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2019
Everything then went quiet until another loud-mouthed extremist, U.S. President Donald Trump, tore up the 2015 agreement and began talking about war with Iran again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Iran: an unwinnable war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the

Iran: an unwinnable war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 27, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the
Everything then went quiet until another loud-mouthed extremist, U.S. President Donald Trump, tore up the 2015 agreement and began talking about war with Iran again, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Iran: an unwinnable war

  • “After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2019
Under Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, the country cut a deal with the U.S. to put its nuclear ambitions on ice, in exchange for sanctions being lifted. Since the U.S. backed out of the deal, Iran has warned that it may not continue to abide by the terms of the deal. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Iran: an unwinnable war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2019
  • “After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United

Iran: an unwinnable war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 21, 2019
  • “After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which things would end favourably for the United
Under Iran's president, Hassan Rouhani, the country cut a deal with the U.S. to put its nuclear ambitions on ice, in exchange for sanctions being lifted. Since the U.S. backed out of the deal, Iran has warned that it may not continue to abide by the terms of the deal. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

War in the Gulf?

  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2019
Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics. But his attention span is short, he plays a lot of golf, and he does not have the knack of choosing good advisers. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

War in the Gulf?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics.

War in the Gulf?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 20, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics.
Donald Trump is well known for his desire to cut American military commitments overseas. Indeed, it is one of his most attractive characteristics. But his attention span is short, he plays a lot of golf, and he does not have the knack of choosing good advisers. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Great powers, endless wars

  • “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was wrong. That’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 16, 2019
The U.S. has chosen to fight a number of wars, often for relatively minor stakes, because it could. Flickr photograph courtesy of user #G7Charlevoix

Great powers, endless wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 16, 2019
  • “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was wrong. That’s

Great powers, endless wars

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 16, 2019
  • “Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union speech last February, but he was wrong. That’s
The U.S. has chosen to fight a number of wars, often for relatively minor stakes, because it could. Flickr photograph courtesy of user #G7Charlevoix

European Union: no populist breakthrough?

  • LONDON, U.K.—For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has not voted a populist into power. Could it
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2019
The Spanish election on April 28 saw the traditional socialist party (PSOE) increase its vote by a quarter under the leadership of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, pictured centre. That wasn’t the headline on April 29, of course. Good news is no news, so the media played up the fact that a particularly nasty party of right-wing populists called Vox has made it into the Spanish Parliament for the first time. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

European Union: no populist breakthrough?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has not voted a populist into power. Could it

European Union: no populist breakthrough?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 6, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has not voted a populist into power. Could it
The Spanish election on April 28 saw the traditional socialist party (PSOE) increase its vote by a quarter under the leadership of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, pictured centre. That wasn’t the headline on April 29, of course. Good news is no news, so the media played up the fact that a particularly nasty party of right-wing populists called Vox has made it into the Spanish Parliament for the first time. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

In Venezuela, Guaidó’s patience runs out

  • LONDON, U.K.—Back in early March, it seemed that both sides in Venezuela had decided a long, drawn-out crisis was better than a civil war.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2019
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland poses for a family photo with her Lima Group counterparts. The group, which met in Ottawa in February and has recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate president, called for a 'peaceful transition' of power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

In Venezuela, Guaidó’s patience runs out

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Back in early March, it seemed that both sides in Venezuela had decided a long, drawn-out crisis was better than a civil war.

In Venezuela, Guaidó’s patience runs out

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 1, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—Back in early March, it seemed that both sides in Venezuela had decided a long, drawn-out crisis was better than a civil war.
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland poses for a family photo with her Lima Group counterparts. The group, which met in Ottawa in February and has recognized Juan Guaidó as Venezuela's legitimate president, called for a 'peaceful transition' of power. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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