Will Russia play the Cuban card?
After a week of intense discussions about ‘security’ between Russia and the NATO countries, this is the week…
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Gwynne Dyer
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Unrest in Kazakhstan is a quarrel among thieves
Two questions about recent events in Kazakhstan. First, was last week’s slaughterhouse battle between “20,000 bandits” and the…
Nuclear power: the missing piece of the puzzle
At the stroke of midnight last Friday, half of Germany’s remaining nuclear power stations closed down. The remaining…
The right enemy can make or break election chances
The right enemy can make or break election chances The right enemy can be a major asset in…
Humouring Putin is the best strategy just now
The geopolitical question of the moment is: how important is it to humour Russian leader Vladimir Putin? The…
Successful energy transition comes with risks
The “new normal,” said International Energy Agency spokesperson Heymi Bahar last May, may be a far faster expansion…
The nuclear deal is dead! Long live deterrence!
“We reviewed the proposals … carefully and thoroughly and concluded that Iran violated almost all compromises found previously…
An exciting new crisis brewing in Ukraine
There is a threat today that there will be war tomorrow. We are entirely prepared for an escalation,”…
The attack of the killer drones
Commercially available quadcopter drones carrying small amounts of explosives are “the most concerning tactical development since the rise…
COP26 wasn’t a totally futile effort, which is progress
Closing the two-week COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Saturday, Alok Sharma, the British president of the 197-country…