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Welcome to the site of author Gwynne Dyer.
Gwynne Dyer is an historian and independent journalist, has published several books and has had his articles widely syndicated for many years. He is also available for university and corporate speaking engagements.
To date, this site contains
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Recent Articles
It’s Not The Weather. It’s The Climate
It’s Not The Weather. It’s The Climate By Gwynne Dyer Last week it was Europe’s turn, with a slow-moving ‘heat dome’ that gave almost everybody from the United Kingdom to Poland three consecutive days of record-breaking temperatures. In Germany it hit 41°Celsius. That’s 106° Fahrenheit, if you live in the
Trump and the Threshold of Pain
Trump and the Threshold of Pain By Gwynne Dyer It would be so easy for Donald Trump to escape from the trap he has built for himself in the Persian Gulf. Just declare a victory and leave. So what if the Iranians also declare a victory (with a lot more
Courts Are the Last Defence Against Tyranny
Courts Are the Last Defence Against Tyranny By Gwynne Dyer India and the United States are the world’s two biggest democracies, and both of them seem to be in danger. In each of them populist federal governments are deliberately polarising the population, radicalising the politics, and seeking to undermine the
It’s a Shame They Can’t Both Lose
It’s a Shame They Can’t Both Lose By Gwynne Dyer The last time oil-tankers were being shot up in the Persian Gulf, back in the 1980s, it was Saddam Hussein’s brutal tyranny in Iraq versus Ayatollah Khomeini’s revolutionary Islamist regime in Iran, and people used to say “It’s a shame
Count Binface vs. The Monster Raving Loony Party
Count Binface vs. The Monster Raving Loony Party By Gwynne Dyer At the time of writing there is still hope that Count Binface can pull off a surprise by-election win and dethrone Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, who has led the opinion polls in Britain for the past two
Netanyahu’s Last Stand
Netanyahu’s Remaining Options By Gwynne Dyer “The graveyards are full of indispensable men,” said former French Premier Georges Clemenceau about a century ago, and it’s still true. Israel’s precisely timed surprise attack on Iran on 28 February killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and seven of his closest allies in thirty