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    Killing Darya Dugina: Ukraine own-goal?

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/08/2022

    » 'Iam a political observer of the International Eurasianist Movement and an expert in international relations. In this capacity, I appear on Russian, Pakistani, Turkish, Chinese and Indian television channels. The situation in Ukraine is really an example of a clash of civilisations; it can be seen as a clash between globalist and Eurasian civilisation."

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    What shall we do with climate refugees?

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 29/08/2022

    » You wait ages for the bus, and then three come along at once. Books are a bit like that, too, although in this case it's only a pair of them, both tackling the question of what to do about all the "climate refugees". (The United Nations' International Organization for Migration estimates that 1.5 billion people may be forced to move in the next thirty years alone.)

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    Ukraine War a risky game of Mother May I?

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/08/2022

    » 'This obviously does not happen because of a thrown butt," said British Defence Minister Ben Wallace. But the Russian Ministry of Defence insisted that the explosions that destroyed at least eight warplanes at Saki Air Base in Russian-occupied Crimea on Aug 9 were due to "a violation of fire safety requirements".

  • OPINION

    Fascists really are coming in the United States

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 25/06/2021

    » Godwin's Law, coined in 1990, says that as a discussion on the internet grows longer, the likelihood of somebody being compared to Hitler or the Nazis rises inexorably towards 100%. But once in a very long while the comparison is correct.

  • OPINION

    Napoleon and world history: What if...?

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/05/2021

    » Napoleon Bonaparte doesn't come up much in conversation these days, which is hardly surprising given that he has been dead for two centuries. On the other hand, today will be exactly 200 years since he died, so maybe we could make an exception just this once.

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    Taiwan is still in China's web of war games

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 27/01/2021

    » Most news agencies reported on Sunday that China sent large groups of fighters and bombers into the Taiwanese airspace two days in a row. Much fluttering in the dovecote: the Chinese are testing the resolve of newly installed US President Joe Biden.

  • OPINION

    Of plagues, genocides and the coronavirus

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/07/2020

    » Last Sunday in the city of Baltimore, they tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus and threw it into the harbour.

  • OPINION

    ICJ's efforts to build rule of law must continue

    Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 31/01/2024

    » Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, dismissed the ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip with the words "Hague Schmague". US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was equally dismissive, saying that the case brought before the ICJ by South Africa was "meritless".

  • OPINION

    Waging a just war and the Gaza Strip

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 07/12/2023

    » 'If you [Americans] were OK with us killing 5,000 children, you are OK with killing 10,000 children," said Daniel Levy, a former Israeli diplomat who helped negotiate the Oslo peace accords in the 1990s. That's what Israeli diplomats really think of US policy, he says.

  • OPINION

    Artificial intelligence for dummies

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 13/11/2023

    » I'm sorry that I didn't get my article on artificial intelligence in last week during the "AI Safety Summit" at Bletchley Park, the historic Second World War decoding centre in England. I got distracted by some other stuff that was happening in the Middle East.

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