Keeping the ‘Rule of Law’ Alive / Politics / By Gwynne Dyer 19 March 2025 Last Tuesday [March 18 2025)] there was a vote in the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, that may have changed the course of history. When the vote came out ‘Yes’, you could feel the tectonic plates shift. … Continue reading Germany voted to rearm—Did the Earth Move? Gwynne Dyer Says Yes
Ukraine: Maybe a short cease-fire, maybe not By Gwynne Dyer – Mar 14, 2025 What’s hard to keep in mind, with all the hype that’s flying around, is that there’s no particular reason for either side in the Ukraine war to want a cease-fire right now, let alone a full peace settlement. The only … Continue reading Do Ukraine’s Ceasefire Hopes Hang on Trump’s Nobel Fever Dreams?
Don’t panic. Today, I’m remembering the Nevada Democratic presidential caucuses on February 22, 2020. I attended, with my daughter Molly, who lives in Vegas. She was a delegate. I didn’t vote of course, but cheered on my favorite, Bernie Sanders, and was thrilled when he won the day. I was even more pleased when the … Continue reading After the Debate: Keep Calm. Chill the [Bleep] Out. Head Down, Beat Trump.
The Economist — Time’s up— Volodymyr Zelensky’s five-year term ends on May 20th But he has no plans to step down or call an election during wartime Five years ago, on May 20th, 2019, a fresh-faced Volodymyr Zelensky began his presidency with the offer of a contract to his people. “Each of us is the … Continue reading Ukraine Update: Zelensky’s Term Ends on May 20. What Then??
By Gwynne Dyer Feb. 19, 2024 Vladimir Putin’s regime had been assassinating Chechen warlords, defectors from the Russian intelligence services and sundry wayward oligarchs for years, but its first political murder was the hit on high-profile journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down in her Moscow apartment in 2006 — and so it has been … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer On the Navalny Murder