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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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Trudeau should keep his head down, stay off Trump’s radar

  • LONDON, U.K.—Like Mexico, Canada is in the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Donald Trump has described as “the worst trade deal…ever signed in
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2017
Justin Trudeau took to Twitter on the weekend writing 'To those fleeing persecution, terror, and war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith.' His response to Donald Trump's ban on Muslim immigrants undermines the script Mr. Trump is working from, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Trudeau should keep his head down, stay off Trump’s radar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Like Mexico, Canada is in the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Donald Trump has described as “the worst trade deal…ever signed in

Trudeau should keep his head down, stay off Trump’s radar

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | February 1, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—Like Mexico, Canada is in the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Donald Trump has described as “the worst trade deal…ever signed in
Justin Trudeau took to Twitter on the weekend writing 'To those fleeing persecution, terror, and war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith.' His response to Donald Trump's ban on Muslim immigrants undermines the script Mr. Trump is working from, writes Gwynne Dyer. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

On military interventions, West Africa has the rest of the world beat

  • London, U.K.—As military interventions go, it was practically flawless.Last month Gambia’s long-ruling dictator, president Yahya Jammeh, lost an election that turned out to be
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 25, 2017
The UN Security Council voted to back ECOWAS as it demanded that now ex-president Yahya Jammeh leave power in Gambia, but wouldn't go as far as calling for military intervention. Evan Schneider photograph courtesy of the United Nations

On military interventions, West Africa has the rest of the world beat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 25, 2017
  • London, U.K.—As military interventions go, it was practically flawless.Last month Gambia’s long-ruling dictator, president Yahya Jammeh, lost an election that turned out to be

On military interventions, West Africa has the rest of the world beat

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 25, 2017
  • London, U.K.—As military interventions go, it was practically flawless.Last month Gambia’s long-ruling dictator, president Yahya Jammeh, lost an election that turned out to be
The UN Security Council voted to back ECOWAS as it demanded that now ex-president Yahya Jammeh leave power in Gambia, but wouldn't go as far as calling for military intervention. Evan Schneider photograph courtesy of the United Nations

Davos: the rich are worried

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI (artificial intelligence),” said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 23, 2017
Unemployed men outside a soup kitchen in Depression-era Chicago, Illinois, the US, 1931. Gwynne Dyer says if more than half the workforce ends up unemployed—and therefore humiliated and broke—then their anger will be so great that it could sweep away the comfortable world of the ultra-rich. Which is why there are sessions at Davos this year considering radical ideas like a 'Universal Basic Income.' Photograph courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Davos: the rich are worried

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 23, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI (artificial intelligence),” said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a

Davos: the rich are worried

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 23, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“I can’t wait to see how the incoming administration deals with AI (artificial intelligence),” said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a
Unemployed men outside a soup kitchen in Depression-era Chicago, Illinois, the US, 1931. Gwynne Dyer says if more than half the workforce ends up unemployed—and therefore humiliated and broke—then their anger will be so great that it could sweep away the comfortable world of the ultra-rich. Which is why there are sessions at Davos this year considering radical ideas like a 'Universal Basic Income.' Photograph courtesy of U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Cyprus peace talks: waiting for Erdogan

  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be an excellent thing to reunite the island of Cyprus after 42 years of heavily armed partition, but it’s probably not
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2017
UN Secretary General António Guterres, centre, briefs journalists during a UN-supported conference in Geneva on Cyprus on Jan. 12 that brought together Mustafa Akinci, Turkish-Cypriot leader, left, and Nicos Anastasiades, Greek-Cypriot leader, right. Jean-Marc Ferré photograph courtesy of the UN

Cyprus peace talks: waiting for Erdogan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be an excellent thing to reunite the island of Cyprus after 42 years of heavily armed partition, but it’s probably not

Cyprus peace talks: waiting for Erdogan

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 18, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—It would be an excellent thing to reunite the island of Cyprus after 42 years of heavily armed partition, but it’s probably not
UN Secretary General António Guterres, centre, briefs journalists during a UN-supported conference in Geneva on Cyprus on Jan. 12 that brought together Mustafa Akinci, Turkish-Cypriot leader, left, and Nicos Anastasiades, Greek-Cypriot leader, right. Jean-Marc Ferré photograph courtesy of the UN

Everybody take a Valium

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he took more than half a million troops with him, and he still lost. When Hitler invaded
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 17, 2017
Donald Trump pictured campaigning in the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain/Devin Dreeshen

Everybody take a Valium

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 17, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he took more than half a million troops with him, and he still lost. When Hitler invaded

Everybody take a Valium

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 17, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he took more than half a million troops with him, and he still lost. When Hitler invaded
Donald Trump pictured campaigning in the U.S. presidential election in 2016. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain/Devin Dreeshen

Trump, WikiLeaks, and Russia

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When a Fox News reporter asked Donald Trump about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back in 2010, just after Assange had released a huge
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 16, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been quite open about preferring Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, and the leaks definitely gave a boost to Trump’s election campaign in late July and August. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and Mark Garten

Trump, WikiLeaks, and Russia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 16, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When a Fox News reporter asked Donald Trump about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back in 2010, just after Assange had released a huge

Trump, WikiLeaks, and Russia

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 16, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—When a Fox News reporter asked Donald Trump about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back in 2010, just after Assange had released a huge
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been quite open about preferring Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, and the leaks definitely gave a boost to Trump’s election campaign in late July and August. Photographs courtesy of Gage Skidmore and Mark Garten

African elections: glass half full or empty?

  • LONDON, U.K.—There are a number of ways to win an African election. The simplest, obviously, is to win the most votes, but this is
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2017
Joseph Kabila, right, pictured at the United Nations in New York in 2014, is facing pressure to leave power this year, now that his two terms as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have expired and he's reached the constitutional limit. UN photograph by Amanda Voisard

African elections: glass half full or empty?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—There are a number of ways to win an African election. The simplest, obviously, is to win the most votes, but this is

African elections: glass half full or empty?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 11, 2017
  • LONDON, U.K.—There are a number of ways to win an African election. The simplest, obviously, is to win the most votes, but this is
Joseph Kabila, right, pictured at the United Nations in New York in 2014, is facing pressure to leave power this year, now that his two terms as president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have expired and he's reached the constitutional limit. UN photograph by Amanda Voisard

The reunification of Syria

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—So far, the end-game in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 9, 2017
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s army, with Russian and Iranian support, will have to suppress both Islamic State and the former Nusra Front, and the Turks will have to subjugate the Syrian Kurds, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

The reunification of Syria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 9, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—So far, the end-game in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government’s

The reunification of Syria

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | January 9, 2017
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—So far, the end-game in Syria has played out in an entirely predictable way. All of Aleppo is back in the Syrian government’s
Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad’s army, with Russian and Iranian support, will have to suppress both Islamic State and the former Nusra Front, and the Turks will have to subjugate the Syrian Kurds, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Trump’s election means we’re in for a wild ride, but he will ultimately disappoint his supporters

  • The main message of 2016 was that we are entering a period of economic and political upheaval comparable to the industrial revolution of 1780-1850,
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 29, 2016
Donald Trump pictured campaigning in the U.S. presidential election. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain and Devin Dreeshen

Trump’s election means we’re in for a wild ride, but he will ultimately disappoint his supporters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 29, 2016
  • The main message of 2016 was that we are entering a period of economic and political upheaval comparable to the industrial revolution of 1780-1850,

Trump’s election means we’re in for a wild ride, but he will ultimately disappoint his supporters

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 29, 2016
  • The main message of 2016 was that we are entering a period of economic and political upheaval comparable to the industrial revolution of 1780-1850,
Donald Trump pictured campaigning in the U.S. presidential election. Photograph courtesy of Matthew McBain and Devin Dreeshen

Aleppo and the media

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 19, 2016
Syrian refugees and migrants pass through Slovenia on Oct. 23, 2015. The rebels wanted the siege to be portrayed as a senseless and brutal assault on civilians (and only on civilians) because their only hope was to shock and shame foreign powers, especially the United States, into intervening militarily and stopping the siege. It was never likely to happen, but they obviously thought it was worth a try. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

Aleppo and the media

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 19, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption

Aleppo and the media

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 19, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—The stop-go evacuation of rebel fighters and civilians from Aleppo had begun again as I write, but the reason for the last interruption
Syrian refugees and migrants pass through Slovenia on Oct. 23, 2015. The rebels wanted the siege to be portrayed as a senseless and brutal assault on civilians (and only on civilians) because their only hope was to shock and shame foreign powers, especially the United States, into intervening militarily and stopping the siege. It was never likely to happen, but they obviously thought it was worth a try. Photograph courtesy of Wikipedia

The vanishing civilians of Aleppo

  • LONDON, U.K.—Did it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the “250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo” have
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2016
For months, what was obviously Syrian rebel propaganda has been shown by the world’s media as if it were the impartial truth, Gwynne Dyer argues. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The vanishing civilians of Aleppo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—Did it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the “250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo” have

The vanishing civilians of Aleppo

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 14, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—Did it cross your mind occasionally, in the past week, to wonder where all of the “250,000 civilians trapped in eastern Aleppo” have
For months, what was obviously Syrian rebel propaganda has been shown by the world’s media as if it were the impartial truth, Gwynne Dyer argues. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

The Gambia: a short billion years

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“We will win the biggest landslide this country has ever seen,” said The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh before the small West African country’s
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2016

The Gambia: a short billion years

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“We will win the biggest landslide this country has ever seen,” said The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh before the small West African country’s

The Gambia: a short billion years

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 12, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—“We will win the biggest landslide this country has ever seen,” said The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh before the small West African country’s

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 5, 2016
It is now likely that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will control all of Aleppo before the end of the year, and possibly much sooner, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 5, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | December 5, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very
It is now likely that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will control all of Aleppo before the end of the year, and possibly much sooner, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

  • Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very fast
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
A bombed-out street in Aleppo, Syria, which has been under siege for the past six years. Photograph courtesy of Voice of America News by Scott Bobb

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
  • Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very fast

After Aleppo: a kind of peace?

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
  • Eastern Aleppo, the rebel-held half of what was once Syria’s biggest city, is falling. Once the resistance there collapses, things may move very fast
A bombed-out street in Aleppo, Syria, which has been under siege for the past six years. Photograph courtesy of Voice of America News by Scott Bobb

Democracy is dead in Egypt

  • LONDON, U.K.—Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, has now been in prison more than three times as long as he was in the presidential
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, meets with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the United Nations in New York in September. Photograph by Eskinder Debebe courtesy of the UN

Democracy is dead in Egypt

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, has now been in prison more than three times as long as he was in the presidential

Democracy is dead in Egypt

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 30, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, has now been in prison more than three times as long as he was in the presidential
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, meets with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, president of the Arab Republic of Egypt, at the United Nations in New York in September. Photograph by Eskinder Debebe courtesy of the UN

The end of the big trade deals

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 21 that he will cancel the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” on his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2017.
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 28, 2016
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke

The end of the big trade deals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 28, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 21 that he will cancel the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” on his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2017.

The end of the big trade deals

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 28, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—U.S. president-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 21 that he will cancel the “Trans-Pacific Partnership” on his first day in office on Jan. 20, 2017.
International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in this file photo on the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Steve Gerecke

South Korea’s Rasputin could be president’s downfall

  • LONDON, U.K.—“Sad thoughts trouble my sleep at night,” said South Korean President Park Geun-hye. “I realize that whatever I do, it will be difficult
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2016
Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a visit to Ottawa in September 2014. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

South Korea’s Rasputin could be president’s downfall

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Sad thoughts trouble my sleep at night,” said South Korean President Park Geun-hye. “I realize that whatever I do, it will be difficult

South Korea’s Rasputin could be president’s downfall

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 23, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—“Sad thoughts trouble my sleep at night,” said South Korean President Park Geun-hye. “I realize that whatever I do, it will be difficult
Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks during a visit to Ottawa in September 2014. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Climate change and Trump’s America

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Even before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like Barack Obama, had not
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2016
A new neighborhood in Tieshan (Huangshi Prefecture-Level City, Hubei). The buildings are equipped with solar water heaters. Gwynne Dyer says China is terrified of the predicted local impacts of climate change, and has installed more solar and wind power than any other country. It already gets 20 per cent of its power from renewables, and is aiming much higher. The Chinese will resent the Trump administration’s refusal to carry its share of the burden, but it will not cut off its nose to spite its face. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Climate change and Trump’s America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Even before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like Barack Obama, had not

Climate change and Trump’s America

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 21, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Even before Donald Trump hijacked the Republican Party, he was loudly declaring that the science of climate change, like Barack Obama, had not
A new neighborhood in Tieshan (Huangshi Prefecture-Level City, Hubei). The buildings are equipped with solar water heaters. Gwynne Dyer says China is terrified of the predicted local impacts of climate change, and has installed more solar and wind power than any other country. It already gets 20 per cent of its power from renewables, and is aiming much higher. The Chinese will resent the Trump administration’s refusal to carry its share of the burden, but it will not cut off its nose to spite its face. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

President’s ruthless ambition has derailed Turkey’s promising future

  • LONDON, U.K.—“In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government,”
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2016
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan—second from left, with his wife Emine, left, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right—has amnestied 38,000 ordinary criminals to make room in the jails for the political prisoners. UN photograph by Eskinder Debebe

President’s ruthless ambition has derailed Turkey’s promising future

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—“In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government,”

President’s ruthless ambition has derailed Turkey’s promising future

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 16, 2016
  • LONDON, U.K.—“In Turkey, we are progressively putting behind bars all people who take the liberty of voicing even the slightest criticism of the government,”
The government of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan—second from left, with his wife Emine, left, and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, right—has amnestied 38,000 ordinary criminals to make room in the jails for the political prisoners. UN photograph by Eskinder Debebe

The biggest ‘fuck you’ vote in history

  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Not many things are certain in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s narrow victory in the U.S. presidential election, but FBI director James Comey
Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 14, 2016
Populists like Boris Johnson in England and Donald Trump in the United States are just exploiting emotions, but they are barking up the wrong tree, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture of CNN by Kate Malloy

The biggest ‘fuck you’ vote in history

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 14, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Not many things are certain in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s narrow victory in the U.S. presidential election, but FBI director James Comey

The biggest ‘fuck you’ vote in history

Opinion | BY GWYNNE DYER | November 14, 2016
  • LONDON, ENGLAND—Not many things are certain in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s narrow victory in the U.S. presidential election, but FBI director James Comey
Populists like Boris Johnson in England and Donald Trump in the United States are just exploiting emotions, but they are barking up the wrong tree, writes Gwynne Dyer. Screen capture of CNN by Kate Malloy

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