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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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Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
'The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international terrorist groups or individuals,' said Zalmay Khalilzad, left, the U.S. official in charge of Afghanistan peace talks, on Jan. 29. So why didn’t the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago, in October 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international

Afghanistan: seventeen years too late

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 4, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international
'The Taliban have committed, to our satisfaction, to do what is necessary that would prevent Afghanistan from ever becoming a platform for international terrorist groups or individuals,' said Zalmay Khalilzad, left, the U.S. official in charge of Afghanistan peace talks, on Jan. 29. So why didn’t the United States have this discussion with the Taliban 17 years ago, in October 2001, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Congo: half a loaf

  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshitsekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the big Congo), but they are privately lamenting it while accepting that it is probably the least bad option now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Congo: half a loaf

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s

Congo: half a loaf

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 28, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—”Half a loaf is better than no bread,” is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a rotten deal, and there’s
They pretend to be celebrating the elevation of Felix Tshitsekedi to the presidency in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the big Congo), but they are privately lamenting it while accepting that it is probably the least bad option now, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
Not enough people will switch to a plant-based diet soon enough, or maybe ever, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photo by Scott Warman via Unsplash

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat

Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 24, 2019
  • “Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat
Not enough people will switch to a plant-based diet soon enough, or maybe ever, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photo by Scott Warman via Unsplash

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
It was Recep Tayyib Erdogan, in a telephone conversation in mid-December, who persuaded Donad Trump that pulling all the U.S. troops out of Syria would be a good idea. Turkey would be happy to take the strain instead. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark

Trump and Erdogan: bringers of chaos

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 21, 2019
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Where America retreats, chaos follows,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Cairo two weeks ago. It’s not the sort of remark
It was Recep Tayyib Erdogan, in a telephone conversation in mid-December, who persuaded Donad Trump that pulling all the U.S. troops out of Syria would be a good idea. Turkey would be happy to take the strain instead. Photographs courtesy of Wikipedia

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may lose the confidence of parliament over an agreement hashed out with North Macedonia. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and

Macedonia: What’s in a name?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 15, 2019
  • The Congo Republic, population five million,  and the Democratic Republic of Congo, population 88 million, manage to share their name quite amicably. Russia and
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras may lose the confidence of parliament over an agreement hashed out with North Macedonia. Photograph courtesy of the Kremlin

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

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