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Gwynne Dyer
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OpinionAugust 16

The Gaza charade

Last month US President Donald Trump announced ``a monumental step toward lasting peace and security’’ in Gaza.
The Gaza charade
The Gaza charade
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OpinionAugust 12

AI and bio-weapons

Artificial intelligence, based on large language models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble.
AI and bio-weapons
AI and bio-weapons
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OpinionAugust 9

Venezuela: Unfinished Business

Experienced imperialists understand that you can’t just take over a country over and expect it to run itself. It takes time and work to turn it into an obedient and profitable colony, and two months is not enough.
Venezuela: Unfinished Business
Venezuela: Unfinished Business
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OpinionAugust 5

Cyril Ramaphosa and the law

It’s outrageous. You’re at your hobby farm in the country, just pottering around, so you stuff the $US580,000 in your pocket under the sofa cushions temporarily just to get it out of the way.
Cyril Ramaphosa and the law
Cyril Ramaphosa and the law
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OpinionAugust 2

Climate: what to do now?

I WAS reading an article about the current wildfires written in a reputable paper by a recognised ``environmental journalist’’, but I stumbled to a halt when I read the following sentence: ``While the skies over North America and Europe will eventually clear, this climate change-driven era of wildfire will exact a lengthy toll.’’
Climate: what to do now?
Climate: what to do now?
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OpinionJuly 22

Trump and the threshold of pain

It would be so easy for Donald Trump to escape from the trap he has built for himself in the Persian Gulf. Just declare a victory and leave.
Trump and the threshold of pain
Trump and the threshold of pain
OpinionOctober 29

100-year struggle began with Balfour Declaration

One hundred years ago this week, in the midst of World War 1, the British government sent a letter known as the Balfour Declaration that led, three decades later, to the creation of the state of Israel.
100-year struggle began with Balfour Declaration
100-year struggle began with Balfour Declaration
OpinionMay 25

Unfinished nuclear business

Today's Hiroshima does not give television journalists a lot to work with. It is a raucous, bustling, mid-sized Japanese city with only few reminders of its destruction by atomic bomb in 1945.
OpinionMay 17

`Everyone should have listened to the Russians'

"The Russians had a more realistic analysis of the situation than practically anybody else,'' said Lakhdar Brahimi, the former United Nations special envoy to Syria.
OpinionMay 11

Some sound thinking but simply too much bluster

Rodrigo Duterte, who has just been elected president of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts.