gwynne dyer

Submission to erratic U.S. president may not work, since he lies. A lot.

Trump's "tariffs on everybody" policy offers a glimpse of what may come: the U.S. against the world, with Russia its only great power ally

“We need Greenland. Very important for international security; we have to have Greenland....There are Chinese and Russian ships all over the place.”

A handful of people have determined the fate of more than 100 million ordinary citizens of the DRC for 30 years.

If the ultimate goal is to build a global civilization that respects individual rights, we are still a very long way from the Promised Land

You can blame the European colonial powers for redrawing the borders in the region in 1918-20 after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.

It’s the consolidation of the new American empire

Burma, also known as Myanmar, has no foreign enemies threatening it. What it needs is an impartial police force, not a corrupt, cruel army.

What’s the difference between smash-and-grab raids and protection rackets? Not all that much from the legal point of view, but protection rackets have a lower level of risk and a higher rate of returns.

The bedrock on which the entire post-1945 system was built is the inviolability of borders.

Not one Canadian in 10 would freely choose to join the angry, divided U.S., but they may face a long, miserable economic siege to avoid it.

To remind us of the obvious, it shouldn't require a tariff war for us to commit to "buying local."