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Author Archives: Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist

Gwynne Dyer is a London-based independent journalist whose commentary is published in 45 countries.

Posted inOpinion Contributor

Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi’s last hurrah

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist 20 hours agoAugust 8, 2022

“Taiwan’s defense-related spending has fallen gradually from a peak of more than 7 percent of GDP in the late 1970s to only 1.9 percent last year.”

Posted inOpinion Contributor

Remembering James Lovelock, Charles Darwin’s heir

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist August 1, 2022August 1, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Monkeypox is a reminder

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist July 25, 2022July 25, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

The great multicultural experiment

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist July 18, 2022July 22, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Russian elites are warning of a replay of the Cuban missile crisis

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist July 11, 2022July 11, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Sweden and Finland in NATO

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist July 5, 2022July 5, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu may retake power by the end of the year

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist June 27, 2022June 28, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

The US may be deliberately starving Ukraine of weapons

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist June 21, 2022June 22, 2022
Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing St. in April 2022.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

It’s all over now for that ‘greased piglet’ Boris Johnson

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist June 13, 2022June 13, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

How to stop sea level rise

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist June 6, 2022June 6, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

What Taiwan should learn from Joe Biden’s warning to China

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Russia will not disappear

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

What’s wrong with the Philippines?

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Michelle O'Neill speaks after Sinn Fein won at the polls Saturday in Northern Ireland.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Northern Ireland may be starting toward reunification. But the timing isn’t great.

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Ukraine has reversed all expectations of Vladimir Putin’s invasion

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Ukraine: Nuclear End-Game?

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
Posted inOpinion

Britain’s shame

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Russian atrocities in Ukraine have wrought irreversible changes

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is a futile move to restore the Russian empire

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Russian soldiers may become reluctant to keep fighting Vladimir Putin’s war

by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 28, 2022March 28, 2022

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