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Imran Khan: from cricket star to jailbird
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 06/02/2024
» Pakistan's former prime minister, former cricket superstar and latter-day populist politician Imran Khan was having a quiet week in jail, six months into his three-year sentence for corruption, and suddenly all hell broke loose.
Sahel coups are just another 'Great Game'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/08/2023
» If you are a democratically elected leader in one of Africa's Sahel countries -- let's say, Niger -- and you suspect that the army is plotting to overthrow you, what's the best countermeasure? Should you:
'Dysfunctional' Trump and Iran
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/07/2019
» Iran has "begun its march ... towards nuclear weaponry", said Israel's energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year and 60 days after US President Donald Trump tore up the treaty that guaranteed Iran won't make nuclear weapons, Iran has taken a tiny step towards reviving its nuclear programme.