Commentary / World Dec 4, 2018
Crooked timber and the quest to cut emissions
We have a mountain to climb to achieve the goals of the Paris agreement and we are not even in the foothills yet.
Gwynne Dyer
Gwynne Dyer has worked as a journalist, broadcaster and lecturer on international affairs for more than 20 years; his articles are published in 45 countries. His book, "Climate Wars," deals with the geopolitical implications of climate change and has been translated into Japanese, French, Russian, Chinese and a number of other languages.
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Commentary / World Aug 28, 2018
How the U.N. should regulate high-seas fishing
Clamping down on fishing far from coastal areas would boost fish stocks nearer land.
Commentary / World Feb 20, 2018
It's amateur hour in the Middle East
Most of the players in Syria don't even have a serious strategy, much less a clue about what they want as a final outcome.
Commentary / World Feb 6, 2018
The Pentagon's alarming nuclear posture review
Washington is once again playing with the dangerous notion of a 'limited' nuclear war.
Commentary / World Aug 25, 2017
The war in Afghanistan that goes on forever
Peak U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan was 100,000 in 2010-2011. If that did not deliver victory, how will boosting it from 8,500 to 12,500 do it now?
Commentary / World Aug 2, 2017
Pakistan's creation — a mistake?
The repercussions of the August 1947 partition of India continue to shake the subcontinent today.
Commentary / World Aug 1, 2017
'Reservoir Dogs' in the White House
The Trump White House of late resembles the final scene in the Tarentino crime thriller "Reservoir Dogs."
Commentary / World Jul 7, 2017
Living with a nuclear North Korea
North Korea will probably get its nuclear deterrent in the end, and we will all learn to accept it.
Commentary / World Jun 22, 2017
The U.S.-Russia game of chicken will end in tears
The stakes are rising to perilous levels in the international rivalry between Moscow and Washington.
Commentary / World May 24, 2017
Trump's 'principled realism' is anything but
Last weekend Donald Trump made the stupidest U.S. foreign policy commitment since the decision 60 years ago to take France's place in fighting the "communist menace" in Vietnam.