Carney’s Campaign by Gwynne Dyer “You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose,” said former New York Governor Mario Cuomo forty years ago. Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney is now in the poetic phase of his campaign to create an alliance – maybe just a loose alliance – of middle powers who can resist the […]
Israel: Settler Terrorists By Gwynne Dyer It has been a year since Canada, France and the United Kingdom officially recognised the State of Palestine (under Israeli occupation, final border to be determined). The killings by Israelis settlers and their military supporters in the West Bank are getting worse, so it was time for the next
Canada vs. United States: Evenly Matched By Gwynne Dyer Canada’s ‘trade war’ with the United States, ignited on 21 August when Prime Minister Mark Carney walked out of trade talks with the Trump administration, is not the foredoomed David-vs.-Goliath struggle that it seems. It’s really about sovereignty, not trade, and Canada stands a fair chance
Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela? A: Because if Trump invades Venezuela first, he’ll get bogged down in that war and never get around to invading Canada. Actually, most Canadians are not thinking that, because a) Venezuela is not even on their mental maps, and b) they are not convinced that
800 words (700) 20 April 2025 Trump-Era Elections in the Anglosphere By Gwynne Dyer The dictionary defines a ‘horse whisperer’ as “someone who is skilled at training horses using gentle, non-violent methods based on understanding horse behavior and psychology.” By that standard, the only ‘Trump-whisperer’ in Europe is Vladimir Putin (although Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and
30 March 2025 Three Hours in Greenland By Gwynne Dyer “We need to wake up from a failed, 40-year consensus that said we could ignore the encroachment of powerful countries as they expand their ambitions,” said US Vice-President JD Vance during his brief visit to the US military base at Pituffik in northern Greenland. (It
5 March 2025 Fortress North America? By Gwynne Dyer “Today the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, their closest friend,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 4 March. “At the same time, they’re talking about working positively with Russia. Appeasing Vladimir Putin, a lying, murderous dictator.” “Make that
5 February 2025 The Anomaly is +1.75°C By Gwynne Dyer I’m very cross with myself. My last two articles were about Trump saying he might invade Greenland, and then about Trump declaring that he would annex Canada (but no threat of physical violence so far, just extreme economic pressure). This article, by the same token,
3 February 2025 Annex Canada! By Gwynne Dyer US President Donald Trump’s imposition of 25% tariffs on all Canadian exports to the United States cannot be justified by the false claim that illegal immigrants and large amounts of the synthetic opioid drug fenatanyl are flooding in across the Canadian border. The accusation about fentanyl is
29 January 2025 Strategic Shmategic By Gwynne Dyer The Strait of Malacca is strategically important. It’s the shortest shipping route between the Far East and the Indian Ocean, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. It handles a quarter of all internationally traded goods, and if anybody tried to block it there would be a war.