Russia: what just happened? By: Gwynne Dyer — Jun. 27, 2023 OPINION Up until late afternoon Moscow time on Saturday, Russia was in a state of acute crisis, with Yevgeny Prigozhin pulling his Wagner army of mercenary soldiers out of Ukraine and sending some of them racing up the highway towards Moscow instead. Their task … Continue reading What Just Happened In Russia? Gwynne Dyer’s Analysis
Washington Post, September 30, 2022 This is what a post-Putin Russia should look like Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence in a maximum-security penal colony. This essay was conveyed to The Post by his legal team. What does a desirable and realistic end to the criminal war unleashed by Vladimir Putin … Continue reading Money Where His Mouth Is: Alexei Navalny’s Vision of a Better, Peaceful Russia
Inside Higher Education — June 21, 2023 Dissolving a DEI Office to Save DEI The University of Arkansas is reallocating all DEI staff and resources to other campus offices. Is it a capitulation to right-wing demands or a savvy defense tactic? By Liam Knox University of Arkansas chancellor Charles Robinson is eliminating the campus’s … Continue reading Defense As Offense? University of Arkansas Dissolves its DEI Program
The Guardian #1- Ireland ‘playing with fire’ for opening debate on military neutrality, says president Michael D Higgins says government risks burying country in other people’s agendas amid ‘drift’ towards Nato Rory Carroll — Ireland correspondent — 19 Jun 2023 Ireland’s president has rebuked the government for launching a debate about the country’s longstanding military … Continue reading A Midweek Twofer: Ireland In NATO? India Dumping Democracy?? Shakeups In the “I” Countries
Gwynne Dyer — Jun 17 2023 Gwynne Dyer is a UK-based Canadian journalist and historian who writes about international affairs. OPINION: We’re going to miss them, the populist ‘big beasts’ now they’re gone. Who will now tell us that “Voting Conservative will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Is Populist Politics Past Its Peak? (Or Jumping The Shark?)