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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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Hothouse Earth: climate change making for unwanted feedback

  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be churlish to ask what took them so long. Let us be grateful, instead, that the climate scientists are finally saying
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2018
The best we can do is try to stabilize the warming at or just below 2 C, and that will not be possible without major human interventions in the climate system. The 'Stabilized Earth' is not a natural stopping place: staying there would require 'deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, protection and enhancement of biosphere carbon sinks, efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, (and) possibly solar radiation management,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Hothouse Earth: climate change making for unwanted feedback

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be churlish to ask what took them so long. Let us be grateful, instead, that the climate scientists are finally saying

Hothouse Earth: climate change making for unwanted feedback

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 13, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be churlish to ask what took them so long. Let us be grateful, instead, that the climate scientists are finally saying
The best we can do is try to stabilize the warming at or just below 2 C, and that will not be possible without major human interventions in the climate system. The 'Stabilized Earth' is not a natural stopping place: staying there would require 'deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, protection and enhancement of biosphere carbon sinks, efforts to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, (and) possibly solar radiation management,' writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Where will catastrophic climate change all end?

  • LONDON, U.K.—This is Armageddon summer in the Northern Hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2018
A forest fire, pictured on July 31, 2016, in Montana's Bitterroot Range, burned more than 8,000 acres of forest, along with over 60 homes and outbuildings. This is Armageddon summer in the Northern Hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves with unprecedented high temperatures, torrential downpours and Biblical floods. And yes, it’s climate change, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesty of Mike Daniels

Where will catastrophic climate change all end?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—This is Armageddon summer in the Northern Hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves

Where will catastrophic climate change all end?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 6, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—This is Armageddon summer in the Northern Hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves
A forest fire, pictured on July 31, 2016, in Montana's Bitterroot Range, burned more than 8,000 acres of forest, along with over 60 homes and outbuildings. This is Armageddon summer in the Northern Hemisphere: out-of-control wildfires all around the Arctic Circle (not to mention California and Greece), weeks-long heatwaves with unprecedented high temperatures, torrential downpours and Biblical floods. And yes, it’s climate change, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesty of Mike Daniels

Southeast Asian fall? Democracy receding in Philippines, Cambodia

  • A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in Southeast Asia: the Philippines in 1986, Burma in 1988, Thailand
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2018
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Some 700,000 Rohingyas were driven across the border into Bangladesh, Buddhist Burmese nationalists cheered the army on—and Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured, the long-standing leader and hero of the democratic movement, did not dare to condemn the crime. The army is basically back in the saddle, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Southeast Asian fall? Democracy receding in Philippines, Cambodia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2018
  • A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in Southeast Asia: the Philippines in 1986, Burma in 1988, Thailand

Southeast Asian fall? Democracy receding in Philippines, Cambodia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 1, 2018
  • A quarter-century before the Arab Spring of 2011, there was a democratic spring in Southeast Asia: the Philippines in 1986, Burma in 1988, Thailand
Aung San Suu Kyi
Some 700,000 Rohingyas were driven across the border into Bangladesh, Buddhist Burmese nationalists cheered the army on—and Aung San Suu Kyi, pictured, the long-standing leader and hero of the democratic movement, did not dare to condemn the crime. The army is basically back in the saddle, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Chamisa is giving Mnangagwa a run for his money in Zimbabwe election

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I am as soft as wool. I am a very soft person in life,” Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told the BBC in a recent
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 30, 2018
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, left, pictured with former South African president Jacob Zuma. Three months ago, Mr. Mnangagwa led the new MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, by 11 points in the opinion polls, but by last week his lead had shrunk to only three per cent. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Chamisa is giving Mnangagwa a run for his money in Zimbabwe election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 30, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I am as soft as wool. I am a very soft person in life,” Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told the BBC in a recent

Chamisa is giving Mnangagwa a run for his money in Zimbabwe election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 30, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I am as soft as wool. I am a very soft person in life,” Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa told the BBC in a recent
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, left, pictured with former South African president Jacob Zuma. Three months ago, Mr. Mnangagwa led the new MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, by 11 points in the opinion polls, but by last week his lead had shrunk to only three per cent. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

High stakes ahead in Pakistan election

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Look, we have no other choice,” Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said last May. “These games have gone on too long. Something
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 24, 2018
Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is the preferred candidate of the Pakistani military and is expected to form government, unless the two anti-military parties are able to garner enough votes to form a coalition. Photograph courtesy of Imran Khan's Twitter

High stakes ahead in Pakistan election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Look, we have no other choice,” Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said last May. “These games have gone on too long. Something

High stakes ahead in Pakistan election

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 24, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Look, we have no other choice,” Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said last May. “These games have gone on too long. Something
Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, is the preferred candidate of the Pakistani military and is expected to form government, unless the two anti-military parties are able to garner enough votes to form a coalition. Photograph courtesy of Imran Khan's Twitter

Changing Syria’s demography

  • LONDON, U.K.—With the fall of Deraa on July 13, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2018
Syrian Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in this file photo. With the fall of Deraa on July 13, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Ba’ath Party do with their victory, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photo courtesy of Flickr

Changing Syria’s demography

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—With the fall of Deraa on July 13, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his

Changing Syria’s demography

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 23, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—With the fall of Deraa on July 13, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his
Syrian Bashar al-Assad and Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured in this file photo. With the fall of Deraa on July 13, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will Bashar al-Assad and his ruling Ba’ath Party do with their victory, asks Gwynne Dyer. Photo courtesy of Flickr

Changing Syria’s demography

  • With the fall of Deraa, which had been under rebel control, last Friday, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2018
Syria’s new Law No. 10 requires property owners in parts of the country devastated by the war to produce their ownership documents within 30 days. File photo courtesy of UN

Changing Syria’s demography

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2018
  • With the fall of Deraa, which had been under rebel control, last Friday, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will

Changing Syria’s demography

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 17, 2018
  • With the fall of Deraa, which had been under rebel control, last Friday, the end of Syria’s civil war is within sight. What will
Syria’s new Law No. 10 requires property owners in parts of the country devastated by the war to produce their ownership documents within 30 days. File photo courtesy of UN

Brexit: no turning point yet

  • LONDON, U.K.— Even with Donald Trump scheduled for a brief visit to the United Kingdom this week amid massive protests, it’s still “all Brexit,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2018
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May signs 'commemorative copies of the EU (Withdrawal Act)' on June 28, with David Davis, the Brexit secretary at the time. Mr. Davis turned in his resignation on Monday, July 9, saying he could not back Ms. May's Brexit plan. Photograph courtesy of Theresa May's Twitter

Brexit: no turning point yet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.— Even with Donald Trump scheduled for a brief visit to the United Kingdom this week amid massive protests, it’s still “all Brexit,

Brexit: no turning point yet

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 10, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.— Even with Donald Trump scheduled for a brief visit to the United Kingdom this week amid massive protests, it’s still “all Brexit,
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May signs 'commemorative copies of the EU (Withdrawal Act)' on June 28, with David Davis, the Brexit secretary at the time. Mr. Davis turned in his resignation on Monday, July 9, saying he could not back Ms. May's Brexit plan. Photograph courtesy of Theresa May's Twitter

Universal health care: for the moment, Americans must go on paying the costs of their ideology

  • LONDON, U.K.—Nothing is perfect, and that definitely includes health care. On the 70th anniversary of the first full-coverage, national health-care system that is “free
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 9, 2018
Back in February, U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that the marchers were protesting because the British system is 'going broke and not working.' In fact, the English National Health Service is almost universally loved, and the protests were about government underfunding of the NHS. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Universal health care: for the moment, Americans must go on paying the costs of their ideology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nothing is perfect, and that definitely includes health care. On the 70th anniversary of the first full-coverage, national health-care system that is “free

Universal health care: for the moment, Americans must go on paying the costs of their ideology

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 9, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nothing is perfect, and that definitely includes health care. On the 70th anniversary of the first full-coverage, national health-care system that is “free
Back in February, U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured, claimed that the marchers were protesting because the British system is 'going broke and not working.' In fact, the English National Health Service is almost universally loved, and the protests were about government underfunding of the NHS. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

America’s trade war with China: a losing battle

  • The U.S. could probably extract major concessions from China in a carefully managed confrontation on trading issues, because the Chinese don’t want a trade
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 5, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping is far more able to ignore the resultant job losses and higher prices than U.S. President Donald Trump is–especially because the Americans who were hurting worst would be his own political 'base,' writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Flickr feed

America’s trade war with China: a losing battle

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 5, 2018
  • The U.S. could probably extract major concessions from China in a carefully managed confrontation on trading issues, because the Chinese don’t want a trade

America’s trade war with China: a losing battle

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 5, 2018
  • The U.S. could probably extract major concessions from China in a carefully managed confrontation on trading issues, because the Chinese don’t want a trade
Chinese President Xi Jinping is far more able to ignore the resultant job losses and higher prices than U.S. President Donald Trump is–especially because the Americans who were hurting worst would be his own political 'base,' writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Flickr feed

Saudi Arabia: a populist dictatorship

  • LONDON, U.K.—Joy and pride among Saudi women who are at last allowed to drive. Delight in the car dealerships that anticipate a lot of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 2, 2018
Letting women drive is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s project to win popular support by modernizing some aspects of daily life, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Manal al-Sharif's Twitter

Saudi Arabia: a populist dictatorship

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 2, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Joy and pride among Saudi women who are at last allowed to drive. Delight in the car dealerships that anticipate a lot of

Saudi Arabia: a populist dictatorship

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | July 2, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Joy and pride among Saudi women who are at last allowed to drive. Delight in the car dealerships that anticipate a lot of
Letting women drive is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s project to win popular support by modernizing some aspects of daily life, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Manal al-Sharif's Twitter

In Mexico, income inequality is rallying cry for ousting establishment

  • LONDON, U.K.–Almost all the foreign coverage of this Sunday’s Mexican election focuses on the drug wars and the murder rate: 30,000 killed last year,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2018
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, has been likened to Bernie Sanders, given his promise to address income inequality. Photograph courtesy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Twitter

In Mexico, income inequality is rallying cry for ousting establishment

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–Almost all the foreign coverage of this Sunday’s Mexican election focuses on the drug wars and the murder rate: 30,000 killed last year,

In Mexico, income inequality is rallying cry for ousting establishment

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 28, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–Almost all the foreign coverage of this Sunday’s Mexican election focuses on the drug wars and the murder rate: 30,000 killed last year,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, has been likened to Bernie Sanders, given his promise to address income inequality. Photograph courtesy of Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Twitter

Strongman’s grip on Turkey not so ironclad

  • There is no possibility of a happy outcome in Sunday’s election in Turkey. Almost exactly half the population adores President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2018
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is running for re-election, with the vote scheduled for June 24. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Strongman’s grip on Turkey not so ironclad

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2018
  • There is no possibility of a happy outcome in Sunday’s election in Turkey. Almost exactly half the population adores President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who

Strongman’s grip on Turkey not so ironclad

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 22, 2018
  • There is no possibility of a happy outcome in Sunday’s election in Turkey. Almost exactly half the population adores President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is running for re-election, with the vote scheduled for June 24. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Migrants: the borders are closing

  • LONDON, U.K–There are actually fewer migrants crossing the Mediterranean and landing in European Union countries this year than in any other recent year: only
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2018
Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership, Germany took in almost a million migrants in the single year of 2015. That generous act is probably what cost Chancellor Angela Merkel a clear victory in last year’s election and forced her to cobble together a shaky coalition instead, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Migrants: the borders are closing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K–There are actually fewer migrants crossing the Mediterranean and landing in European Union countries this year than in any other recent year: only

Migrants: the borders are closing

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 19, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K–There are actually fewer migrants crossing the Mediterranean and landing in European Union countries this year than in any other recent year: only
Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership, Germany took in almost a million migrants in the single year of 2015. That generous act is probably what cost Chancellor Angela Merkel a clear victory in last year’s election and forced her to cobble together a shaky coalition instead, writes columnist Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Trump’s trade delusion 

  • LONDON, U.K.—Halfway across the Pacific Ocean, Donald Trump heard the closing statements from the G7 summit in Quebec (which he had left early to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 18, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured at the G7 Summit in Quebec on June 8. Photograph courtesy of G7 Canada Twitter

Trump’s trade delusion 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 18, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Halfway across the Pacific Ocean, Donald Trump heard the closing statements from the G7 summit in Quebec (which he had left early to

Trump’s trade delusion 

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 18, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Halfway across the Pacific Ocean, Donald Trump heard the closing statements from the G7 summit in Quebec (which he had left early to
U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, pictured at the G7 Summit in Quebec on June 8. Photograph courtesy of G7 Canada Twitter

Trump’s Singapore summit, a staged affair

  • LONDON, U.K.–If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn’t.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2018
North Korean President Kim Jong-un meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore for their historic summit. At the end of the summit, Trump said of their meeting: 'We both want to do something. We both are going to do something. And we have developed a very special bond.' Photograph courtesy of the White House

Trump’s Singapore summit, a staged affair

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn’t.

Trump’s Singapore summit, a staged affair

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 12, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.–If the Singapore meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un had been a zero-sum game, then Trump definitely lost. But maybe it wasn’t.
North Korean President Kim Jong-un meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Singapore for their historic summit. At the end of the summit, Trump said of their meeting: 'We both want to do something. We both are going to do something. And we have developed a very special bond.' Photograph courtesy of the White House

Ethiopia’s new saviour

  • LONDON, U.K.—Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new prime minister looks a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2018
Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new prime minister looks a lot like Magic Man at the moment. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Ethiopia’s new saviour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new prime minister looks a

Ethiopia’s new saviour

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 11, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new prime minister looks a
Nobody outside the ruling party really knows much about Abiy Ahmed beyond his official party biography, but Ethiopia’s new prime minister looks a lot like Magic Man at the moment. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikipedia

Ukraine back in the headlines again

  • LONDON, U.K.– Four years into a stalemated war, it takes something very big or very bizarre to get Ukraine back into the headlines. Even
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2018
Ukrainian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko faked his own death last week in an apparent attempt to trap a Russian operative said to be plotting his murder.

Ukraine back in the headlines again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.– Four years into a stalemated war, it takes something very big or very bizarre to get Ukraine back into the headlines. Even

Ukraine back in the headlines again

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 5, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.– Four years into a stalemated war, it takes something very big or very bizarre to get Ukraine back into the headlines. Even
Ukrainian journalist and Kremlin critic Arkady Babchenko faked his own death last week in an apparent attempt to trap a Russian operative said to be plotting his murder.

Korea: the real deal

  • LONDON, U.K.—The summit is on, it’s off, it’s sort of on again. It’s amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 4, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean's Kim Jong-un. It’s amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate of the U.S.-North Korean summit scheduled for Singapore on June 12 will be decided by the coin Mr. Trump flips each day: heads three days in a row means ‘yes,' tails three days in a row and the meeting stays cancelled, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Korea: the real deal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 4, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The summit is on, it’s off, it’s sort of on again. It’s amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate

Korea: the real deal

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | June 4, 2018
  • LONDON, U.K.—The summit is on, it’s off, it’s sort of on again. It’s amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean's Kim Jong-un. It’s amateur night every night at the White House, and the fate of the U.S.-North Korean summit scheduled for Singapore on June 12 will be decided by the coin Mr. Trump flips each day: heads three days in a row means ‘yes,' tails three days in a row and the meeting stays cancelled, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Nicaragua in ferment

  • From the Ceaușescus (overthrown and shot 1989) to the Mugabes (removed in a non-violent military coup 2017), husband-and-wife teams running authoritarian regimes seem to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2018
Protests have erupted in Nicaragua, with demonstrators calling on President Daniel Ortega to resign. So far, around 90 people have died and a thousand more have been injured amid the crackdown. Screenshot via Al Jazeera

Nicaragua in ferment

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2018
  • From the Ceaușescus (overthrown and shot 1989) to the Mugabes (removed in a non-violent military coup 2017), husband-and-wife teams running authoritarian regimes seem to

Nicaragua in ferment

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | May 31, 2018
  • From the Ceaușescus (overthrown and shot 1989) to the Mugabes (removed in a non-violent military coup 2017), husband-and-wife teams running authoritarian regimes seem to
Protests have erupted in Nicaragua, with demonstrators calling on President Daniel Ortega to resign. So far, around 90 people have died and a thousand more have been injured amid the crackdown. Screenshot via Al Jazeera

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