Gwynne Dyer — July 10, 2023 When NATO held its annual summit in Brussels two years ago, all 31 presidents and prime ministers of the alliance’s member states dutifully showed up, but their hearts weren’t really in it. France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, had publicly declared NATO “brain dead” in 2019, and nobody could find a … Continue reading NATO from “Brain-Dead” to Bigger & Back On A Roll?
The Intercept: PRIGOZHIN TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT PUTIN’S WAR IN UKRAINE Yevgeny Prigozhin is a disinformation artist whose failed rebellion was marked by a burst of radical honesty. James Risen — July 1 2023 ONE OF THE most subversive things that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin did during his brief rebellion last weekend was to tell … Continue reading James Risen
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
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