LOCAL Gwynne Dyer YOU CAN TRUST.
Fallout from a shocking disclosure
Where do you look when somebody says: “In the age of Apaches and laptops, everything I did in the course of two combat tours was…
Planning on the next Ukrainian offensive
It’s still unseasonably warm in Ukraine, but there’s a chance of a hard freeze next weekend. By mid-month it should be reliably below zero almost…
Micro-suicide drones up the danger quotient
Some lucky boys and girls are going to find micro-suicide drones in their stockings this Christmas! Get your orders in now! I was idly scanning…
Nuclear fusion: a case of IN and OUT
Nuclear fusion, the ‘holy grail’ that would finally end all the world’s energy problems, has been receding into the future at the rate of about…
Two failed coups and some random speculation
Could there be anything more ridiculous than last week’s failed coup attempt in Peru? On December 7, President Pedro Castillo made an unscheduled broadcast announcing…
Winter fighting is not an issue in Ukraine
When the two most senior military and intelligence officials in Washington make the same obvious error in public three times in three weeks, you have…
Malaysia: change at last?
If Anwar Ibrahim had become prime minister of Malaysia in the late 1990s, when he was in his early 50s, instead of being jailed on…
After COP 2, the glass is half full
As after every climate summit, the air is filled with shouts of rage and despair. What was agreed was unclear and inadequate, and what was…
What’s the next step for Ukraine?
The recovery of the city of Kherson is the third big victory for the Ukrainian armed forces in three months: first, the re-conquest of all…
When it comes to war, we aren’t children
We appear to be witnessing a dramatic and childlike scenario,” said Pope Francis in Bahrain last week. “In the garden of humanity, instead of cultivating…
