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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

Who is the least bad option to lead Russia after Vladimir Putin?

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 29, 2023May 29, 2023

“They’re all delirious, and none more so than Nikolai Patrushev, Putin’s closest adviser and frequently tipped as his successor.”

"There is no such word as 'auto-genocide,' but that would describe what Assad has done to his own country over the past 12 years."
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Syria’s Bashar Assad is being rehabilitated

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
"We know far less about the relationship between guns and murder than we think we do, and a little humility would go a long way on both sides."
Posted inOpinion Contributor

How to sound wise when writing about guns and murder

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Thailand has a chance to elect a reformist government

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Posted inOpinion Contributor

SpaceX mission was a success even though the rocket blew up

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 24, 2023April 24, 2023
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The renewed fighting in Sudan is all bad

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 17, 2023April 17, 2023
"It’s the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 that ended 30 years of killing in Northern Ireland, but it almost unraveled this year."
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Northern Ireland’s fragile peace is at risk of collapsing

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 10, 2023April 10, 2023
"Coalition leaders have been visiting Hungary and Poland to get advice on how to do it."
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Israel’s far right is angling for a constitutional coup

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist April 3, 2023April 3, 2023
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United Nations has issued another dire climate warning

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 27, 2023March 27, 2023
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Why the International Criminal Court didn’t charge Putin with more serious crimes

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 20, 2023March 20, 2023
Posted inOpinion Contributor

China isn’t the threat Washington wants it to be

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 13, 2023March 13, 2023
Kier Starmer may have set the stage for Boris Johnson's political comeback, Gwynne Dyer writes.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Keir Starmer may have just paved the way to Boris Johnson’s comeback

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist March 6, 2023March 5, 2023
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There is something wrong in Nigeria

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist February 27, 2023February 26, 2023
"It’s just a simple story of everyday superpower folk getting it wrong, and apologies are due all round."
Posted inOpinion Contributor

The over-inflated balloon drama

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Blame Erdogan, not ‘destiny,’ for the earthquake devastation in Turkey

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist February 13, 2023February 13, 2023
There is a fatalistic belief that a war between China and America is inevitable not only in the U.S., but to a lesser extent in China as well.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

How to avoid a war with China

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist February 6, 2023February 5, 2023
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Warmongering is a bad case of cultural lag

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist January 30, 2023January 29, 2023
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, right, hugs her fiancee Clark Gayford after announcing her resignation.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Jacinda Ardern and the persistence of politicians

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist January 23, 2023January 23, 2023
Jair Bolsonaro supporters call on the military to intervene and illegally place the ousted politician in the presidency on Jan. 8 in Brasilia.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Trump and Bolsonaro mobs proved incompetent at seizing power

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist January 16, 2023January 15, 2023
Prince Harry shocked many current and former military service members by publicizing his "kill count" in his recent memoir.
Posted inOpinion Contributor

Prince Harry’s shocking war disclosure

Avatar photo by Gwynne Dyer, Opinion columnist January 9, 2023January 9, 2023

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