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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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Grace Mugabe literally a bare-knuckle fighter, won’t go down without a fight

  • LONDON, U.K.—Grace Mugabe, second wife of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, had a moment of awful clarity about her future three years ago. Speaking about
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 13, 2017
Grace Mugabe, pictured with Robert Mugabe. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Grace Mugabe literally a bare-knuckle fighter, won’t go down without a fight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 13, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Grace Mugabe, second wife of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, had a moment of awful clarity about her future three years ago. Speaking about

Grace Mugabe literally a bare-knuckle fighter, won’t go down without a fight

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 13, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Grace Mugabe, second wife of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, had a moment of awful clarity about her future three years ago. Speaking about
Grace Mugabe, pictured with Robert Mugabe. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Why China Won’t Budge on North Korea

  • Over the next few days, U.S. President Donald Trump will be visiting the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and China, and the same topic
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 7, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting Asia this week, where talk will likely be dominated by how to halt the nuclear ambitions of the North Korea regime, led by Kim Jong-un. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and Wikipedia

Why China Won’t Budge on North Korea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 7, 2017
  • Over the next few days, U.S. President Donald Trump will be visiting the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and China, and the same topic

Why China Won’t Budge on North Korea

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 7, 2017
  • Over the next few days, U.S. President Donald Trump will be visiting the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and China, and the same topic
U.S. President Donald Trump is visiting Asia this week, where talk will likely be dominated by how to halt the nuclear ambitions of the North Korea regime, led by Kim Jong-un. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and Wikipedia

The Great October Revolution in Russia and what might have been

  • LONDON, U.K.—China Miéville, a novelist I much admire, has published a history of the ‘October Revolution’ to mark its 100th anniversary (which is actually on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2017
Even Vladimir Putin, the oligarch-in-chief, was moved to ask: 'Was it not possible to follow an evolutionary path rather than go through a revolution? Could we not have evolved by way of gradual and consistent forward movement rather than at the cost of destroying our statehood and ruthlessly fracturing millions of human lives?' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The Great October Revolution in Russia and what might have been

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—China Miéville, a novelist I much admire, has published a history of the ‘October Revolution’ to mark its 100th anniversary (which is actually on

The Great October Revolution in Russia and what might have been

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 6, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—China Miéville, a novelist I much admire, has published a history of the ‘October Revolution’ to mark its 100th anniversary (which is actually on
Even Vladimir Putin, the oligarch-in-chief, was moved to ask: 'Was it not possible to follow an evolutionary path rather than go through a revolution? Could we not have evolved by way of gradual and consistent forward movement rather than at the cost of destroying our statehood and ruthlessly fracturing millions of human lives?' Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Count Dracula and the WHO

  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a bit like appointing Count Dracula as the goodwill ambassador for the blood donor service. Truth is stranger than fiction, because
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 25, 2017
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, pictured speaking at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21 in New York, has been in power since 1980. UN photograph by Cia Pak

Count Dracula and the WHO

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 25, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a bit like appointing Count Dracula as the goodwill ambassador for the blood donor service. Truth is stranger than fiction, because

Count Dracula and the WHO

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 25, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—It was a bit like appointing Count Dracula as the goodwill ambassador for the blood donor service. Truth is stranger than fiction, because
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, pictured speaking at the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21 in New York, has been in power since 1980. UN photograph by Cia Pak

Why Saudi Arabia, Israel praise Trump’s Iran nuclear-deal strategy

  • LONDON, U.K.—Five months ago, during Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, he was invited to open the “Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology.” (I’m
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2017
United States President Donald Trump, pictured in August, says Iran has gone against the 'spirit' of the nuclear treaty it reached with world powers including the U.S. in 2015. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

Why Saudi Arabia, Israel praise Trump’s Iran nuclear-deal strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Five months ago, during Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, he was invited to open the “Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology.” (I’m

Why Saudi Arabia, Israel praise Trump’s Iran nuclear-deal strategy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Five months ago, during Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, he was invited to open the “Global Center for Combating Extremist Ideology.” (I’m
United States President Donald Trump, pictured in August, says Iran has gone against the 'spirit' of the nuclear treaty it reached with world powers including the U.S. in 2015. White House photograph by Andrea Hanks

Subtle form of adult supervision exercised daily in both Pyongyang and Washington, D.C.

  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2017
Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to launch a missile that can reach the United States. (Kim Jong-un’s regime has said it is going to do that one of these days—but only as a test flight landing in the ocean somewhere, not as an attack.) Mr. Trump misunderstands, and thinks Pyongyang is going to launch a missile at the United States. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Subtle form of adult supervision exercised daily in both Pyongyang and Washington, D.C.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to

Subtle form of adult supervision exercised daily in both Pyongyang and Washington, D.C.

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 16, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to
Here’s the scenario. Late one evening Donald Trump is watching Fox News and a report comes on that North Korea is planning to launch a missile that can reach the United States. (Kim Jong-un’s regime has said it is going to do that one of these days—but only as a test flight landing in the ocean somewhere, not as an attack.) Mr. Trump misunderstands, and thinks Pyongyang is going to launch a missile at the United States. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Coping with Trump, there’s no such thing U.S. government policy, especially foreign policy

  • LONDON, U.K.—We have to face facts: there is no U.S. federal government any more in the normal sense of the word. Social Security payments
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo. Mr. Trump didn’t wait 24 hours before he tweeted: 'I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!' Like what? If negotiations are a waste of time, then the only alternative is force. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Coping with Trump, there’s no such thing U.S. government policy, especially foreign policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—We have to face facts: there is no U.S. federal government any more in the normal sense of the word. Social Security payments

Coping with Trump, there’s no such thing U.S. government policy, especially foreign policy

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 9, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—We have to face facts: there is no U.S. federal government any more in the normal sense of the word. Social Security payments
U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in this file photo. Mr. Trump didn’t wait 24 hours before he tweeted: 'I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man...Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done!' Like what? If negotiations are a waste of time, then the only alternative is force. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Puigdemont’s strategy proves fruitful in wake of chaotic Catalan independence vote

  • Catalan nationalist leader Carles Puigdemont got most of what he wanted out of the chaotic pseudo-referendum on Sunday: 761 people injured by the Spanish
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2017
Catalan independence protesters in 2012. A referendum held this past weekend on Catalonia independence erupted into chaos after authorities in Madrid intervened to halt the vote. WikiCommons/Kippelboy photograph

Puigdemont’s strategy proves fruitful in wake of chaotic Catalan independence vote

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2017
  • Catalan nationalist leader Carles Puigdemont got most of what he wanted out of the chaotic pseudo-referendum on Sunday: 761 people injured by the Spanish

Puigdemont’s strategy proves fruitful in wake of chaotic Catalan independence vote

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | October 2, 2017
  • Catalan nationalist leader Carles Puigdemont got most of what he wanted out of the chaotic pseudo-referendum on Sunday: 761 people injured by the Spanish
Catalan independence protesters in 2012. A referendum held this past weekend on Catalonia independence erupted into chaos after authorities in Madrid intervened to halt the vote. WikiCommons/Kippelboy photograph

The first bit of Kurdistan

  • LONDON, U.K.—The neighbours are very cross about Monday’s independence referendum in the Kurdish part of Iraq, which is currently known as the Kurdistan Autonomous
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, pictured March 21, 2017, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, says he will impose an air blockade on the KAR if it doesn’t hand over control of its airports to Baghdad by Friday Photograph courtesy of the White House

The first bit of Kurdistan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—The neighbours are very cross about Monday’s independence referendum in the Kurdish part of Iraq, which is currently known as the Kurdistan Autonomous

The first bit of Kurdistan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—The neighbours are very cross about Monday’s independence referendum in the Kurdish part of Iraq, which is currently known as the Kurdistan Autonomous
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, pictured March 21, 2017, with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, says he will impose an air blockade on the KAR if it doesn’t hand over control of its airports to Baghdad by Friday Photograph courtesy of the White House

The rise of the right in Germany

  • LONDON, U.K.—Angela Merkel’s slogan in her campaign for a fourth term as chancellor was terminally bland and smug—“For a Germany in which we live
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
Angela Merkel won a fourth term as Germany's chancellor on Sept. 24, but her party had its worst result in around 70 years. The Hill Times file photograph

The rise of the right in Germany

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Angela Merkel’s slogan in her campaign for a fourth term as chancellor was terminally bland and smug—“For a Germany in which we live

The rise of the right in Germany

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 27, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Angela Merkel’s slogan in her campaign for a fourth term as chancellor was terminally bland and smug—“For a Germany in which we live
Angela Merkel won a fourth term as Germany's chancellor on Sept. 24, but her party had its worst result in around 70 years. The Hill Times file photograph

Russian victory in Syria

  • LONDON, U.K.—Two years ago this month, the Russian air force was sent in to save the tottering Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad from collapse.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2017

Russian victory in Syria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Two years ago this month, the Russian air force was sent in to save the tottering Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad from collapse.

Russian victory in Syria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 25, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Two years ago this month, the Russian air force was sent in to save the tottering Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad from collapse.

Burma: Rohingya genocide

  • LONDON, U.K.—During the past 65 years of military rule in Burma, the army has killed thousands of people from almost every one of the
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2017

Burma: Rohingya genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—During the past 65 years of military rule in Burma, the army has killed thousands of people from almost every one of the

Burma: Rohingya genocide

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—During the past 65 years of military rule in Burma, the army has killed thousands of people from almost every one of the

North Korea’s nukes

  • LONDON—The last time when North Korean nuclear weapons might have been headed off by diplomacy was 15-20 years ago, when there was a deal
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 11, 2017
A U.S. nuclear attack would probably still not get all of Kim Jong-un’s nukes: North Korea is the hardest intelligence target in the world. Pyongyang may already be able to reach the United States with one or two ICBMs carrying thermonuclear warheads, and it can certainly reach all of South Korea and Japan. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

North Korea’s nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 11, 2017
  • LONDON—The last time when North Korean nuclear weapons might have been headed off by diplomacy was 15-20 years ago, when there was a deal

North Korea’s nukes

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 11, 2017
  • LONDON—The last time when North Korean nuclear weapons might have been headed off by diplomacy was 15-20 years ago, when there was a deal
A U.S. nuclear attack would probably still not get all of Kim Jong-un’s nukes: North Korea is the hardest intelligence target in the world. Pyongyang may already be able to reach the United States with one or two ICBMs carrying thermonuclear warheads, and it can certainly reach all of South Korea and Japan. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Terrorism isn’t as big as you think

  • LONDON, U.K.—London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2017
An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service convoy moves toward Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. Gwynne Dyer writes that, outside of the Middle East, terrorism is not a serious threat to people's lives. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne

Terrorism isn’t as big as you think

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on

Terrorism isn’t as big as you think

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | September 4, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—London in March: five dead. Stockholm in April: another five dead. Manchester in May: 22 dead. London again in June, this time on
An Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service convoy moves toward Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2017. Gwynne Dyer writes that, outside of the Middle East, terrorism is not a serious threat to people's lives. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Alex Manne

Afghanistan has become the endless war

  • LONDON, U.K.—In 2010, Barack Obama’s vice-president, Joe Biden, vowed that the United States would be “totally out” of Afghanistan “come hell or high water,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2017
Canadian soldiers participating in Operation Madusa in Afghanistan in 2006. Gwynne Dyer writes that Donald Trump, like his predecessor, might be trying to make sure the Western-backed Afghan government doesn't collapse under his watch. National Defence photograph by Sgt Lou Penney

Afghanistan has become the endless war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—In 2010, Barack Obama’s vice-president, Joe Biden, vowed that the United States would be “totally out” of Afghanistan “come hell or high water,

Afghanistan has become the endless war

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 28, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—In 2010, Barack Obama’s vice-president, Joe Biden, vowed that the United States would be “totally out” of Afghanistan “come hell or high water,
Canadian soldiers participating in Operation Madusa in Afghanistan in 2006. Gwynne Dyer writes that Donald Trump, like his predecessor, might be trying to make sure the Western-backed Afghan government doesn't collapse under his watch. National Defence photograph by Sgt Lou Penney

What’s more sacred in India? Secularism or cows?

  • LONDON, U.K.—When India got its independence from Britain 70 years ago, it was founded as a secular democracy—secular because it acknowledged the status and
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2017
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2014. Modi draws much of his support from populist Hindus, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

What’s more sacred in India? Secularism or cows?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—When India got its independence from Britain 70 years ago, it was founded as a secular democracy—secular because it acknowledged the status and

What’s more sacred in India? Secularism or cows?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 21, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—When India got its independence from Britain 70 years ago, it was founded as a secular democracy—secular because it acknowledged the status and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, with former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2014. Modi draws much of his support from populist Hindus, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Kim Jong-Trump, or how people can talk themselves into launching a ‘pre-emptive’ or ‘preventive’ nuclear attack

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than 10 or 20 million dead,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2017
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefly said that the U.S. was not seeking to change the North Korean regime last week, although he was almost immediately contradicted by President Trump. In the long run, however, that is the unpalatable but acceptable way out of this crisis. In fact, there is no other way out. Photographs courtesy of Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Kim Jong-Trump, or how people can talk themselves into launching a ‘pre-emptive’ or ‘preventive’ nuclear attack

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than 10 or 20 million dead,

Kim Jong-Trump, or how people can talk themselves into launching a ‘pre-emptive’ or ‘preventive’ nuclear attack

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 14, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than 10 or 20 million dead,
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson briefly said that the U.S. was not seeking to change the North Korean regime last week, although he was almost immediately contradicted by President Trump. In the long run, however, that is the unpalatable but acceptable way out of this crisis. In fact, there is no other way out. Photographs courtesy of Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Venezuela on the brink

  • There are two stories about the assault on Fuerte Paramacay military barracks in Carabobo state on Sunday. The Venezuelan government says that half of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 10, 2017
Venezuela remains an unsettling 'tinderbox,' with the beleaguered government of President Nicolás Maduro distributing weapons to devoted supporters in the face of spiralling anti-government protests, such as this one earlier in the spring, and the threat of mutiny among the military rank and file, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Nelson Dordelly Rosales

Venezuela on the brink

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 10, 2017
  • There are two stories about the assault on Fuerte Paramacay military barracks in Carabobo state on Sunday. The Venezuelan government says that half of

Venezuela on the brink

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 10, 2017
  • There are two stories about the assault on Fuerte Paramacay military barracks in Carabobo state on Sunday. The Venezuelan government says that half of
Venezuela remains an unsettling 'tinderbox,' with the beleaguered government of President Nicolás Maduro distributing weapons to devoted supporters in the face of spiralling anti-government protests, such as this one earlier in the spring, and the threat of mutiny among the military rank and file, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Nelson Dordelly Rosales

Counting sperm, ‘I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion’

  • LONDON, U.K.—“I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion,” tweeted one reader of the BBC website after it reported that sperm
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 7, 2017
Unfortunately, that’s the way human beings work: ignore the problem or put up with it until it becomes unbearable, and only then do something about it. It’s a strategy that has served us well enough in the past, but will do us increasing damage as the problems become more complex. It’s very unlikely, however, that falling sperm counts will be the one that finally gets us. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Counting sperm, ‘I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 7, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion,” tweeted one reader of the BBC website after it reported that sperm

Counting sperm, ‘I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion’

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 7, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—“I tried counting mine once, but I went blind with exhaustion,” tweeted one reader of the BBC website after it reported that sperm
Unfortunately, that’s the way human beings work: ignore the problem or put up with it until it becomes unbearable, and only then do something about it. It’s a strategy that has served us well enough in the past, but will do us increasing damage as the problems become more complex. It’s very unlikely, however, that falling sperm counts will be the one that finally gets us. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons

Reservoir Dogs in the White House

  • LONDON, U.K.—Anthony Zurcher, the BBC’s North America correspondent, nailed it in a report on July 27. “Where Abraham Lincoln had his famous ‘team of
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 2, 2017
The latest staffer in Donald Trump's White House to take a bullet is Anthony Scaramucci, the new communications director, who was booted after only 10 days. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Reservoir Dogs in the White House

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 2, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Anthony Zurcher, the BBC’s North America correspondent, nailed it in a report on July 27. “Where Abraham Lincoln had his famous ‘team of

Reservoir Dogs in the White House

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | August 2, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Anthony Zurcher, the BBC’s North America correspondent, nailed it in a report on July 27. “Where Abraham Lincoln had his famous ‘team of
The latest staffer in Donald Trump's White House to take a bullet is Anthony Scaramucci, the new communications director, who was booted after only 10 days. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

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