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The worsening settlement quagmire
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/12/2016
» Israel's Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu is very cross about last Friday's United Nations Security Council resolution condemning the creation of illegal Jewish settlements all over the occupied West Bank and in East Jerusalem.
The Berlin provocation -- small made to look very big
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 24/12/2016
» Twelve people were killed in a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday, mowed down by a terrorist in a big truck. Elsewhere in Germany, if it was an average day, another 10 people were killed in or by motor vehicles. They are all equally dead; the only difference is the motivation of the man in the truck.
Donald Trump and China: The 'madman' strategy
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/12/2016
» 'When two elephants fight against each other, the grass always suffers," said Yu-Fang Lin of the National Policy Foundation, a Taiwan-based think tank, in an interview with the Washington Times. He was talking about the famous phone call between Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and Donald Trump on 2 Dec. If the US and China get into a military confrontation, Mr Lin suggested, it is Taiwan that will be crushed.
No good will come from US election
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/11/2016
» Donald Trump may not win the election next week -- although he is at least going to come close -- but even if he loses, the wells are poisoned.
Time of plenty over in Saudi Arabia
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/10/2016
» 'God be with the citizens, we are back to the time of poverty," wrote Saudi Arabian blogger Rayan al-Shamri on Twitter last week. That's a bit strong, but he and his fellow citizens are certainly no longer living in the time of plenty. Saudi Arabia is cutting back on all fronts.
Ignorance is guiding our policy-making
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/08/2016
» To cut to the chase, the five most ignorant countries in the world are Mexico, India, Brazil, Peru and New Zealand. And the five best informed are South Korea, followed by Ireland, Poland, China and the United States. Ignorant about what? About the realities in their own country.
IS is fomenting a Muslim backlash
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/08/2016
» 'Our country is at war," said French President Francois Hollande after a priest was murdered near Rouen in front of his congregation by two attackers who claimed to be serving Islamic State. It's the sort of thing leaders feel compelled to say at times like this, but it does send the wrong message.
Nail in coffin of Turkish democracy
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 18/07/2016
» Turkey's democracy is dead. It was dying anyway, as President Recep Tayyib Erdogan took over media outlets, arrested political opponents and journalists, and even re-started a war with the Kurds last autumn in order to win an election. But once part of the army launched a coup attempt on Friday night, it was dead no matter which way the crisis ended.
Face-off looms over South China Sea
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/07/2016
» Next Tuesday, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea will issue its ruling on China's claim to practically all of the South China Sea. And already the main military contenders are moving more forces into the region.
Migrants, euro, Brexit: the EU at risk
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/04/2016
» A recent headline in the leading French newspaper Le Monde said it all: "Migrants, the Euro, Brexit: The European Union is mortal." And it's true. The EU could actually collapse over these three threats.