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

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

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.

Trump’s case for invading Venezuela

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 27, 2025
  • The American president must know that U.S.-bound cocaine comes mostly from Colombia and Peru, while opioids—the real drug plague—come primarily from China and Mexico.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is doing everything possible to look like he is serious about overthrowing Nicolás Maduro’s regime in Venezuela by force, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost

Denmark versus the Russia’s shadow fleet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 22, 2025
  • The sanctions regime makes it hard for Russia to charter ships from legitimate shipping companies. Instead, it has built a ‘shadow fleet’ of almost
Last month, unidentified drones forced Denmark to shut down its airports on several occasions, and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that Russian involvement could not be ruled out. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

American contempt for Latin America on full display

  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a

American contempt for Latin America on full display

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2025
  • U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a
In the latest example of American influence, Argentina President Javier Milei, left, has welcomed Donald Trump’s $20-billion bailout even as the American president mused about the country’s elections, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore 

The coming AI crash

  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high

The coming AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 15, 2025
  • Far too much money is being spent on long-odds bets that some new artificial intelligence tech will appear that justifies the current ridiculously high
The biggest players in the system supporting AI are spending vast amounts of borrowed money on a technology they don’t even fully understand, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Gerd Altmann/Pixabay

Chimps, war, and us 

  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.

Chimps, war, and us 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 8, 2025
  • Jane Goodall’s research revealed chimpanzees were far more like us than anybody had suspected. One aspect was deeply troubling: they fight wars. Like us.
Jane Goodall, pictured in 2019, died on Oct. 1 at the age of 91. She was also one of the greatest self-taught scientists in history, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/Simon Fraser University 

Gaza: the 20-point plan

  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.

Gaza: the 20-point plan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 7, 2025
  • The draft peace plan may not be dead on arrival, but it is extremely vulnerable.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has a very short attention span, but he was able to bully Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into at least the opening stages of a ceasefire, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
Donald Trump.
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and

Three months later: where are Iran’s fabled nukes?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2025
  • Iran had 408 kilograms of highly enriched uranium, enough for nine or 10 atomic bombs if the regime chose to go that route, and
Donald Trump.
After the June U.S. bombing on Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities, President Donald Trump claimed the key facilities ‘have been completely and totally obliterated.’ Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

The United States: calculating things to come

  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t

The United States: calculating things to come

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 30, 2025
  • I’d be less confident about saying 'no' to an American civil war than I was in the old Soviet Union because there I couldn’t
Portland, Ore., residents protest the U.S. president’s deployment of troops to the city to ‘protect’ an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Sept. 28. Screenshot courtesy of YouTube/KPTV Fox 12

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.

Unpacking Ukraine’s winning prospects, Flamingos and all

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 24, 2025
  • The missiles even things up a bit in the David-and-Goliath war against Russia, but the Ukrainian army has been retreating all year.
American President Donald Trump, pictured, attacked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a February White House visit, but this week at the United Nations Trump suggested Ukraine could win back its territory. Official White House photograph

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.

Is it too late for a Palestinian state?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 22, 2025
  • For the first time, big Western countries are recognizing the state, but it is not unified and it still controls no territory.
The cascade of recognitions at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual session in New York is pure gesture politics, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph by Manuel Elias

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?

Russia’s air war of flimsy decoys

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 17, 2025
  • What is President Vladimir Putin’s motive for this bizarre violation of NATO’s borders—especially given that the drones over Poland were not armed?
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s real goal with the Poland drone strike is to stampede NATO’s European countries into spending large amounts on their own national defence, instead of continuing to send arms to beleaguered Ukraine, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in

Same crime, different fate for Bolsonaro and Trump

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 15, 2025
  • Compared to the 2022 Brazilian attempted coup, the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol was much less serious—yet look at which country is in
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Most Republican voters still believe that U.S. President Donald Trump, left, won the 2020 election. By contrast, only 36 per cent of Brazilians doubt that former president Jair Bolsonaro was part of the 2022 coup plot, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.

Qatar strike makes clear Israel has no interest in a ceasefire

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 10, 2025
  • Israel bombing America's closest ally in the Gulf puts every Arab country on notice that nobody is safe.
Benjamin Netanyahu
With the bombing of Qatar, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made it blindingly clear he wants to avoid a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Gwynne Dyer. UN photograph courtesy of Loey Felipe

No ‘new world order’ is coming

  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in

No ‘new world order’ is coming

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 9, 2025
  • All the hype about the launch of a new ‘Asian century’ founders on the hard, unyielding fact that there is no Asia except in
Xi Jinping
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit was a stage-managed coming-out party for China’s new superpower status, but no actual deals were done, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.

Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’ is insane but not impossible

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2025
  • The leaked U.S. pitch to remodel the wartorn region into a shiny new city built on ruins is both a bizarre and illegal project.
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, held a White House meeting to discuss plans for Gaza’s future, with former British prime minister Tony Blair in the mix among real estate developers and others. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 

Here come the refugees

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 3, 2025
  • This rage for deportation started in the developed countries, but it is catching on everywhere. 
British MP Nigel Farage recently promised that a Reform U.K. government would deport 600,000 people during its first five years in power. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.

America, Greenland, and upending the territorial status quo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2025
  • Outside of the United States and Russia, most governments still uphold the key law about borders, regardless of their domestic political arrangements.
Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin
Denmark has accused the United States of running a covert operation in Greenland. The attempt to recruit a few ‘pro-American’ Greenlanders to front the operation suggests President Donald Trump’s regime prefers a non-violent conquest if at all possible, writes Gwynne Dyer. Official White House photograph courtesy of Daniel Torok

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries

Africa needs more than a ‘change the map’ campaign 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 26, 2025
  • African economies have grown slowly over the past 50 years, but population growth has meant that real per capita incomes in most African countries
People are learning ‘from a distorted map,’ says Speak Up Africa founder Fara Ndiaye, leading to ‘a biased view of Africa’s role in the world.’ Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature

Trump’s delusional pitch for the Nobel Peace Prize 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2025
  • The truth is that both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy privately view Donald Trump with contempt, and neither will sign up to a premature
Donald Trump, left, and President Vladimir Putin.
The campaign by U.S. President Donald Trump, left, for the peace prize includes pretending he can end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, but that conquest is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s heritage project, and he can still keep the war going for years, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump management

  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and

Trump management

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 19, 2025
  • It’s impossible to be always the last person Donald Trump speaks to, and the effort to be that person soon degenerates into slapstick and
Donald Trump
It will take a massive campaign of perpetual flattery for the old NATO countries to keep U.S. President Donald Trump, far right, on side while simultaneously keeping Ukraine out of Russia’s hands, writes Gwynne Dyer.  White House photograph by Daniel Torok

The AI crash

  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on

The AI crash

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2025
  • This is a financial crash of the sort that usually accompanies an exciting new technology, not an existential crisis, but it is definitely on
We are probably in the final phase of the artificial intelligence investment frenzy right now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Igor Omilaev

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.

Trump and his whooshing deadlines

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 11, 2025
  • Whatever happens at the upcoming Alaska summit, U.S. President Donald Trump will go on setting deadlines and then missing them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 Summit in Japan in June 2019. With no leverage in Moscow, Trump's recent deadline for a Russian ceasefire in Ukraine passed unmentioned, writes Gwynne Dyer. White House photograph by Shealah Craighead

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal

The two Netanyahus in the face of famine and genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2025
  • One version of the Israeli leader is the amoral master tactician who has no permanent allies. Or the other more sinister character, whose goal
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still in power because he’s now a war leader and the courts can’t hold an inquiry into his behaviour until the war is over, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to

Major powers resorting to war more often, and doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 5, 2025
  • Maybe so much time has passed that some countries have forgotten what everybody’s objective was at the end of the Second World War: to
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Not only are major powers resorting to war more often, but they are doing so without even trying to justify it under the UN Charter rules for the use of force: Russia in Ukraine, Israel in Gaza, the United States over Iran.  The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia and courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three

Counting babies in China (and elsewhere)

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2025
  • Declining populations almost everywhere should not be seen only as a problem. If we are now heading back down to a population of three
Lower birth rates do bring with them problems like a higher dependency ratio, but managing this kind of 'problem' is what governments are there for, writes Gwynne Dyer. Unsplash photograph by Lingchor
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Brexit chicken

  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no need to practise bleeding, as the soldiers say, but the British government didn’t get the message. On Jan. 7, it paid
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 14, 2019
So what will really happen when the British Parliament starts voting later this month? There will almost certainly be more than one vote, as the 650 members of the House of Commons, no longer constrained by party loyalty—it’s too important for that—swing this way and that. But there may not be a majority for any specific course of action, in which case Parliament will probably end up voting for a second referendum, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Brexit chicken

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 14, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no need to practise bleeding, as the soldiers say, but the British government didn’t get the message. On Jan. 7, it paid

Brexit chicken

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 14, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—There’s no need to practise bleeding, as the soldiers say, but the British government didn’t get the message. On Jan. 7, it paid
So what will really happen when the British Parliament starts voting later this month? There will almost certainly be more than one vote, as the 650 members of the House of Commons, no longer constrained by party loyalty—it’s too important for that—swing this way and that. But there may not be a majority for any specific course of action, in which case Parliament will probably end up voting for a second referendum, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Orthodoxy: the new great schism

  • If you live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to hear the head of the Russian Orthodox Church,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2019
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long used religion for his own purposes, writes columnist Gwynner Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Orthodoxy: the new great schism

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2019
  • If you live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to hear the head of the Russian Orthodox Church,

Orthodoxy: the new great schism

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 7, 2019
  • If you live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to hear the head of the Russian Orthodox Church,
Russian President Vladimir Putin has long used religion for his own purposes, writes columnist Gwynner Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Why Bangladesh’s election signals democracy’s end there

  • LONDON, U.K.—It always looks bad when the ruling party jails the opposition leader just a few months before the election. If only Khaleda Zia,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, pictured speaking to reporters Sept. 21, 2016 at the United Nations in New York, has just won her third straight term in a landslide but disputed victory on Dec. 30. United Nations photograph by Loey Felipe

Why Bangladesh’s election signals democracy’s end there

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It always looks bad when the ruling party jails the opposition leader just a few months before the election. If only Khaleda Zia,

Why Bangladesh’s election signals democracy’s end there

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—It always looks bad when the ruling party jails the opposition leader just a few months before the election. If only Khaleda Zia,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, pictured speaking to reporters Sept. 21, 2016 at the United Nations in New York, has just won her third straight term in a landslide but disputed victory on Dec. 30. United Nations photograph by Loey Felipe

How worried should we be about Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan?

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 2, and he ought
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured at the G20 Turkey leaders summit in 2015, said in Beijing on Jan. 2: ‘Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan.’ Aykut Unlupinar photograph courtesy of Anadolu Agency/G20 Turkey 2015

How worried should we be about Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 2, and he ought

How worried should we be about Xi’s tough talk on Taiwan?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan,” said Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Jan. 2, and he ought
Chinese President Xi Jinping, pictured at the G20 Turkey leaders summit in 2015, said in Beijing on Jan. 2: ‘Independence for Taiwan would only bring profound disaster to Taiwan.’ Aykut Unlupinar photograph courtesy of Anadolu Agency/G20 Turkey 2015

Some progress in Poland

  • Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean a hotter
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was in Poland last week for the COP24 climate conference, where nearly 200 nations agreed to a rulebook governing how countries would measure efforts to curb emissions. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Some progress in Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
  • Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean a hotter

Some progress in Poland

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
  • Global warming is physics and chemistry, and you can’t negotiate with science for more time to solve the problem: more emissions mean a hotter
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was in Poland last week for the COP24 climate conference, where nearly 200 nations agreed to a rulebook governing how countries would measure efforts to curb emissions. The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

Congo election happening Dec. 23

  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a bit more democratic than the mere Republic of Congo, but it’s a matter of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, pictured on Oct. 27, 2007, with then U.S. president George W. Bush. Mr. Kabila is actually leaving the presidency after a mere 17 years in power. He hung on for two years past the scheduled election in 2016, offering a series of increasingly absurd reasons for the delay, but the election will actually be held on Dec. 23—and Kabila will not be a candidate. So two cheers for democracy in the DRC, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House

Congo election happening Dec. 23

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a bit more democratic than the mere Republic of Congo, but it’s a matter of

Congo election happening Dec. 23

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 17, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Maybe the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a bit more democratic than the mere Republic of Congo, but it’s a matter of
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo, pictured on Oct. 27, 2007, with then U.S. president George W. Bush. Mr. Kabila is actually leaving the presidency after a mere 17 years in power. He hung on for two years past the scheduled election in 2016, offering a series of increasingly absurd reasons for the delay, but the election will actually be held on Dec. 23—and Kabila will not be a candidate. So two cheers for democracy in the DRC, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the White House

Saudi Game of Thrones

  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.  He has weathered the immediate
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2018
Though Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman doesn't have the public to fear, many prominent Saudis also have personal reasons to hate him, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. State Department

Saudi Game of Thrones

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.  He has weathered the immediate

Saudi Game of Thrones

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 11, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Now is the moment of maximum danger for Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.  He has weathered the immediate
Though Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman doesn't have the public to fear, many prominent Saudis also have personal reasons to hate him, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the U.S. State Department

Next five years are make-or-break for runaway climate change

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made,” wrote Immanuel Kant in 1784. It is still true. On
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 6, 2018, with French President Emmanuel Macron in Ottawa. In Paris and in other cities, protesters were building barricades, torching cars, and setting banks and houses on fire because Mr. Macron’s government has raised the tax on diesel fuel by 6.5 cents per litre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Next five years are make-or-break for runaway climate change

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made,” wrote Immanuel Kant in 1784. It is still true. On

Next five years are make-or-break for runaway climate change

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 10, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made,” wrote Immanuel Kant in 1784. It is still true. On
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on June 6, 2018, with French President Emmanuel Macron in Ottawa. In Paris and in other cities, protesters were building barricades, torching cars, and setting banks and houses on fire because Mr. Macron’s government has raised the tax on diesel fuel by 6.5 cents per litre. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Brexit referendums: best two out of three?

  • LONDON, U.K.—The five-day debate in the British Parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2018
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal leaves the U.K. half-in and half-out of the EU, “shackled to a radiator” until such time as it comes up with a magical solution to that border conundrum. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

Brexit referendums: best two out of three?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The five-day debate in the British Parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for

Brexit referendums: best two out of three?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 6, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The five-day debate in the British Parliament on Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal with the European Union did not start well for
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal leaves the U.K. half-in and half-out of the EU, “shackled to a radiator” until such time as it comes up with a magical solution to that border conundrum. The Hill Times file photograph by Sam Garcia

Ukraine: no big war

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2018
The Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea, pictured here on Nov. 25, is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be part of NATO, but the existing members won’t let it join. Why? Precisely because that might drag them into a war with Russia. Screen capture image courtesy of The Independent

Ukraine: no big war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be

Ukraine: no big war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 3, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be
The Russian-Ukrainian naval clash in the Black Sea, pictured here on Nov. 25, is not going to end up in a world war. Ukraine would love to be part of NATO, but the existing members won’t let it join. Why? Precisely because that might drag them into a war with Russia. Screen capture image courtesy of The Independent

The reluctant Rohingyas

  • LONDON, U.K.—The Rohingyas are around a million Bengali-speaking people who used to live in Rakhine state in Burma—until late last year. Then the Burmese
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2018
Rohingya refugees, pictured in Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi is conducting and covering up genocide writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

The reluctant Rohingyas

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Rohingyas are around a million Bengali-speaking people who used to live in Rakhine state in Burma—until late last year. Then the Burmese

The reluctant Rohingyas

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 26, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The Rohingyas are around a million Bengali-speaking people who used to live in Rakhine state in Burma—until late last year. Then the Burmese
Rohingya refugees, pictured in Bangladesh. Aung San Suu Kyi is conducting and covering up genocide writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

The shared delusions of Trump, MBS

  • “It’s a suffering tape, it’s a terrible tape,” the Snowflake-in-Chief  told Fox News on Sunday, defending his refusal to listen to the recording of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2018
This relationship between Donald Trump and MBS, genuinely warm and yet deeply cynical, does offer us an entry point into the weird pseudo-strategies that bind the White House and the Saudi leadership together, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada

The shared delusions of Trump, MBS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2018
  • “It’s a suffering tape, it’s a terrible tape,” the Snowflake-in-Chief  told Fox News on Sunday, defending his refusal to listen to the recording of

The shared delusions of Trump, MBS

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2018
  • “It’s a suffering tape, it’s a terrible tape,” the Snowflake-in-Chief  told Fox News on Sunday, defending his refusal to listen to the recording of
This relationship between Donald Trump and MBS, genuinely warm and yet deeply cynical, does offer us an entry point into the weird pseudo-strategies that bind the White House and the Saudi leadership together, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Global Affairs Canada

The Khashoggi tapes

  • LONDON, U.K.—How odd. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends an audio recording of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2018
Former Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2 after he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia has changed its story a few times, but it fired five top officials and arrested 18 Saudis it says were connected to the killing. Photograph courtesy of April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy

The Khashoggi tapes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—How odd. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends an audio recording of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate

The Khashoggi tapes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—How odd. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends an audio recording of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate
Former Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was killed on Oct. 2 after he went to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia has changed its story a few times, but it fired five top officials and arrested 18 Saudis it says were connected to the killing. Photograph courtesy of April Brady/Project on Middle East Democracy

What went wrong in Eastern Europe?

  • LONDON, U.K.—I first met Viktor Orban, the not-quite-dictator of Hungary, in 1989, in Budapest—and the man who introduced us was none other than George
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
Long before he was elected as Hungary's president, Viktor Orban was then a firebrand student leader, anti-Communist, and keen for Hungary to join the West. Photograph courtesy of European People's Party's Flickr

What went wrong in Eastern Europe?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I first met Viktor Orban, the not-quite-dictator of Hungary, in 1989, in Budapest—and the man who introduced us was none other than George

What went wrong in Eastern Europe?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—I first met Viktor Orban, the not-quite-dictator of Hungary, in 1989, in Budapest—and the man who introduced us was none other than George
Long before he was elected as Hungary's president, Viktor Orban was then a firebrand student leader, anti-Communist, and keen for Hungary to join the West. Photograph courtesy of European People's Party's Flickr

What’s really destroying American jobs is automation, and it’s not off-shoring, free trade, or foreigners

  • LONDON, U.K.—Barack Obama said of the U.S. midterm elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
Donald Trump knows that it is fundamentally about jobs, but he is barking up the wrong tree when he blames it on 'off-shoring' and free trade and promises to make the foreigners give the jobs back. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

What’s really destroying American jobs is automation, and it’s not off-shoring, free trade, or foreigners

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Barack Obama said of the U.S. midterm elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him

What’s really destroying American jobs is automation, and it’s not off-shoring, free trade, or foreigners

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Barack Obama said of the U.S. midterm elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him
Donald Trump knows that it is fundamentally about jobs, but he is barking up the wrong tree when he blames it on 'off-shoring' and free trade and promises to make the foreigners give the jobs back. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

How to remember the war

  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
Almost everybody now realizes that the First World War was a huge, pointless waste of at least 11 million lives, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph

How to remember the war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his

How to remember the war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“If they are not remembered, was the sacrifice they made even worthwhile?” asked an American veteran of the Iraq War who named his
Almost everybody now realizes that the First World War was a huge, pointless waste of at least 11 million lives, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times file photograph

Brexit and the border

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
Now Theresa May’s position is pure fantasy: no customs border with the EU either on land or in the Irish Sea. Which is why the probability of a chaotic ‘no deal’ Brexit is growing daily, and the prospect of renewed war in the North is creeping closer, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr

Brexit and the border

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that

Brexit and the border

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from the European Union) two years ago to claim that
Now Theresa May’s position is pure fantasy: no customs border with the EU either on land or in the Irish Sea. Which is why the probability of a chaotic ‘no deal’ Brexit is growing daily, and the prospect of renewed war in the North is creeping closer, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Flickr

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
Prime Minister Imran Khan's appeal for voluntary contributions to fund the big dam is mostly symbolic: you can’t raise the $12-billion needed to build the dam that way. What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian

Pakistan: dammed if you do, damned if you don’t

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 30, 2018
  • “India is shrinking the flow of water into Pakistan,” Pakistan’s chief justice Saqib Nisar reportedly said on Saturday, renewing a ban on showing Indian
Prime Minister Imran Khan's appeal for voluntary contributions to fund the big dam is mostly symbolic: you can’t raise the $12-billion needed to build the dam that way. What is not symbolic is the 2025 deadline for more water storage capacity to avoid a collapse in food production in Pakistan, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Yemen: the bigger lie

  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured in this file photograph. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Yemen: the bigger lie

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady

Yemen: the bigger lie

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 29, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—While Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) frantically tries to scrub Jamal Khashoggi’s blood off his hands like a Middle Eastern Lady
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured in this file photograph. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in Moscow on Oct. 22. Mr. Bolton's boss, U.S. President Donald Trump, said this week he would pull out of a 31-year-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia because he said Russia had violated it. Photograph courtesy of the Russian Foreign Ministry

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have

Kerfuffle over Russia-U.S. nuclear arms treaty shows there are idiots on both sides

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The last time I wrote about the treaty banning “intermediate-range” nuclear missiles was 31 years ago, and I really thought I’d never have
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with U.S. national security adviser John Bolton in Moscow on Oct. 22. Mr. Bolton's boss, U.S. President Donald Trump, said this week he would pull out of a 31-year-old nuclear arms treaty with Russia because he said Russia had violated it. Photograph courtesy of the Russian Foreign Ministry

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