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Gwynne Dyer

Growth that Africa can do without

admin Mar 2, 2017

Gwynne Dyer For the first time in six years, there is famine in the world: A real, United Nations-declared famine, with more than 30 per cent of the affected population suffering acute malnutrition and more than a 1,000 people dying of…
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Fighting new war in Mosul and Aleppo

admin Oct 25, 2016

Gwynne Dyer Two great sieges are getting underway in the Middle East, one in Mosul in Iraq, and the other in Aleppo in Syria. They have a great deal in common, including, the fact that the attackers both depend heavily on foreign air…
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A wand for Donald, and why it failed

admin Sep 1, 2016

Gwynne Dyer Just in case you've been trapped down a coal-mine for the past couple of days (or kidnapped by space aliens, or otherwise cut off from the global information flow), the most widely shared news story all over the world over the…
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The famous index of ignorance

admin Aug 22, 2016

Gwynne Dyer To cut to the chase, the five most ignorant countries in the world are Mexico (a world leader at least in this), India, Brazil, Peru and New Zealand. And the five best informed are South Korea (take a bow), followed by…
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No, France isn’t at war, Hollande

admin Aug 4, 2016

Gwynne Dyer Our country is at war," said French President Francois Hollande after a priest was murdered near Rouen in front of his congregation by two attackers who claimed to be serving the Islamic State (IS). It's the sort of thing…
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The coup attempt and its fallout

admin Jul 20, 2016

Gwynne Dyer Turkey's democracy is dead. It was dying anyway, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took over media outlets, arrested political opponents and journalists, and even re-started a war with the Kurds last autumn in order to win an…
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