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Khashoggi and MBS's blunderers
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/03/2021
» If Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, were a burglar, he wouldn't be George Clooney in Ocean's Eleven. He'd be a cartoon burglar in a carnival mask and a top with black-and-white horizontal stripes, carrying a sack labelled "SWAG".
Azeri-Armenian ceasefire set to last
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/11/2020
» This time, the truce will last. The 2,000 Russian troops flying into Armenia this week and fanning out to police the ceasefire lines in Nagorno-Karabakh are being sent there for five years renewable, and neither Armenia nor Azerbaijan will challenge them.
What if Trump triumphs again?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 11/09/2020
» 'To lose one parent... may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness," wrote Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest in 1895.
Three small victories in Europe: A turning point?
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/09/2019
» Have we reached peak fascist in Europe? Well, all right then, peak hard-right nationalist, but are we there yet? That would be reassuring, and three events in the past week give some cause for hope.
No populist breakthrough yet in Europe
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/05/2019
» For the second time in a month, a member country of the European Union has not voted a populist into power. Could it be that the populist wave has broken?
The 'immigrant problem': from bad to worse
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 03/04/2019
» In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most like to move to Canada. There are only 37 million people in Canada. The same goes for Australia: 36 million would like to move there; only 25 million do live there. Most of these would-be immigrants are going to be disappointed. In fact, Canada lets in just 300,000 immigrants a year; Australia 200,000.
China and its repression of the Uighurs
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/08/2018
» Two weeks ago, Prof Gay McDougall, co-chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, alleged that up to a million people belonging to the Uighur and other Muslim minority groups in China's northwestern province of Xinjiang have been detained in concentration camps to be "re-educated" about religion.
EU's survival at risk if Italy decides to exit
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/05/2018
» From the European Union's (EU) point of view Brexit, the impending departure of the United Kingdom, is a pity but not a disaster. Britain never joined the euro, the common currency used by most EU members, and the English were always the awkward squad in the EU's march towards an "ever closer union". Whereas the defection of Italy could threaten the EU's survival.
If the model is broken, best fix it
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 20/04/2018
» If the model is broken, should you try to fix it, or should you scrap it and get a new one?
Trump speaks for racists, not all of US
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 16/01/2018
» Poor US President Donald Trump. He was simply asking for information, and they're all over him as if he were a racist thug. His choice of words was unfortunate, but the angels rejoice when an ignorant person seeks enlightenment. We should take his question seriously and answer it for him.