Peace process 'expired'
Peace process 'expired'
''This parrot is no more,'' rants former Monty Python member John Cleese in the English-speaking world's best-loved television sketch.
Gwynne Dyer
World view: Ivory Coast: time for a divorce?
World view: Ivory Coast: time for a divorce?
All the foreigners and about half the Ivorians agree that Alassane Ouattara won last month's presidential election in Ivory Coast, but not the southerners, who say that it was their man, Laurent Gbagbo.
No hidden American hand
No hidden American hand
The United States Government is doing all it can to silence the WikiLeaks organisation, including starving it of funds by getting PayPal, Visa, and Mastercard to freeze its accounts.
The North Korea dilemma
The North Korea dilemma
South Korea's defence minister, Kim Tae-Young, was forced to resign after criticism that he was too slow to respond when North Korea attacked the island of Yeonpyeong on Tuesday last week, killing at least four people.
Politics threaten US-Russia nuclear treaty
Politics threaten US-Russia nuclear treaty
It was a Republican president, Richard Nixon, who signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (Salt) with the old Soviet Union in 1972.
World view: Sad tale of 'terrorist' tweet shows stupidity of it all
World view: Sad tale of 'terrorist' tweet shows stupidity of it all
The "tourists" (as South Africans used to call them in deliberate mockery of their attempts to terrorise everybody, and as George W. Bush also called them because he didn't speak English very well) are always seeking to blow up our airplanes.
Myanmar's Mandela moment?
Myanmar's Mandela moment?
People love historical analogies, so it's easy to think of Aung San Suu Kyi's release from house arrest on Saturday as Myanmar's Mandela moment.
Intelligence stakes in nuclear material traffic
Intelligence stakes in nuclear material traffic
You probably noticed reports recently about the secret trial in Georgia of two Armenian men who tried to sell highly enriched uranium (HEU) to a man purporting to be an Islamist terrorist. The whole thing was a sting operation from start to finish.
Prime Minister plays to the stereotype
Prime Minister plays to the stereotype
Poor Silvio Berlusconi.
US passions set media agenda
US passions set media agenda
The media in the Middle East carry a lot of Middle Eastern stories, of course, but why do most of the other media in the world do the same?
Obama's November not as bad as all that
Obama's November not as bad as all that
About eight months ago, I was visiting an old friend in San Francisco and, for reasons I could not then explain, I found myself betting him and his son $100 each that the Democrats would lose their majority in both houses of Congress in the US mid-term elections this November.
Green tide turns tsunami in Brazil
Green tide turns tsunami in Brazil
"This is now the great mystery of Brazilian politics: what will Marina do?"
Not all Dutch have gone crazy
Not all Dutch have gone crazy
If Geert Wilders were some underemployed bigot ranting in a pub, you'd just move away from him.
Israel chooses power over peace
Israel chooses power over peace
The headlines in the Western media all said more or less the same thing when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the plug on the latest round of the "Middle East peace process" last Sunday.
The Pope and the immoral atheists
The Pope and the immoral atheists
The best defence is a good offence.
'Radical Islam' threat a mirage
'Radical Islam' threat a mirage
People often wind up believing their own cover story.
Chinese giant should watch for the coming slump
Chinese giant should watch for the coming slump
Will the 21st century belong to China? For a while, perhaps - but only in the sense that it was said to belong to Japan in the 1980s.
Pakistan: a question of water
Pakistan: a question of water
This may not be the most tactful time to bring it up, with much of Pakistan underwater and many millions homeless, but Pakistan's real problem is not too much water. It is too little water - and one day it could cause a war.
US attack on Iran unrealistic
US attack on Iran unrealistic
When Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the highest-ranking American officer, was asked recently on NBC's Meet The Press show whether the United States had a military plan for an attack on Iran, he replied simply: "We do."
Optimists hope to untangle climate treaty
Optimists hope to untangle climate treaty
It may seem premature to talk about last-ditch measures to deal with runaway climate change, but Ben Lieberman has it right.