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Forget Canada. Better invade Venezuela first!
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/10/2025
» Question: Why do some Canadians want Mr Trump to invade Venezuela?
Give Trump's Gaza peace plan a chance
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 08/10/2025
» When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it, even if his motives are selfish.
Three hours in Greenland and plenty of bluster
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/04/2025
» 'We need to wake up from a failed, 40-year consensus that said we could ignore the encroachment of powerful countries as they expand their ambitions," said US Vice-President JD Vance during his brief visit to the US military base at Pituffik in northern Greenland. (It was brief because the Greenland authorities wouldn't let Mr Vance go anywhere else.)
First as tragedy, then as farce: that's Trump
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/03/2025
» Hegel wrote that "all great world-historic facts and personages appear twice." It was Karl Marx who said that Hegel forgot to add that these repeating events happen "first as tragedy, then as farce." You know, like Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump.
Beware of rogue presidents (this time in Korea)
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/01/2025
» Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail. It's called a "self-coup", from the Spanish auto-golpe, and to try it without first gaining the support of the armed forces is sheer lunacy. Yet, from time to time, an elected president tries to do exactly that.
Ukraine's Kursk push -- a bold or risky move?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/08/2024
» Ukraine's cross-border attack into the Kursk region of Russia last week has triggered the usual claims and counter-claims. First, former Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russia had taken 420 square km of territory from Ukrainian forces since June 14 along the old front line in the east.
Israel must keep guard up amid Hamas assault
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 12/10/2023
» If you are wondering why Hamas launched its all-out assault on Israel on Saturday, I wrote it right here last week. "The Arab world has basically abandoned the Palestinians to their fate, whatever that may be. Six Arab countries have established diplomatic ties with Israel and several more, including Saudi Arabia, are on the brink of doing so."
Beijing will use 'floggings' until morale improves
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 14/03/2023
» Xi Jinping was confirmed in a third term as president of China at the National People's Congress last week, and not one of the 3,000 delegates voted against him. Why would they? Everything is perfect in the People's Republic of Oz, and the chief Wizard doesn't even to need to hide behind a curtain.
Iran nukes: End of the road for an agreement
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/07/2022
» About six weeks ago Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), warned that the attempt to revive the 2015 deal that restricted Iran's ability to enrich uranium was on the brink of collapse. Three or four weeks more without an agreement, he said, would deal the talks a "fatal blow".
Do Russians have war in their blood?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 02/04/2022
» The geopolitical views of my grandmother, Florence O'Driscoll, could have been summed up in seven words: the Germans have war in their blood. Even as a child I suspected that the world must be more complicated than that, but I never contradicted her. She came by those views the hard way.