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Gwynne Dyer
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Ethiopia sees another war in Tigray
“Love always wins. Killing others is a defeat,” said Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in June 2018, shortly…
No, democracy isn’t really in decline
There’s no hurricane coming, but the windows of downtown Washington are covered with plywood. They were initially boarded…
Hong Kong and China: one country, one system
One Hong Kong lawmaker, Claudia Mo, said it was “the death-knell of Hong Kong’s democracy fight.” But she…
Ethiopia goes back to war … with itself
Americans should congratulate themselves. Their election system is definitely better than Ethiopia’s. In fact, it works so well…
Myanmar and the saint who lost her way
Almost completely obscured by the blanket global coverage of the U.S. election, they are having one in Myanmar…
What shall we do about an unfrozen Arctic?
It’s the last week of October, and the main nursery of new Arctic Ocean sea ice has not…
Pantomime crisis, real risk of a crash
The British pantomime is a traditional Christmas entertainment in which stock characters face imaginary dangers and audience participation…
Bolivia may have a free and fair election
The quotation is usually given as “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but Lord Acton’s original remark went…
The mysterious allure of being French
On Sunday, New Caledonia voted to remain French by a majority of 53.3 to 46 per cent. That’s…
It could get ugly again in Armenia and Azerbaijan
It’s probably Azerbaijan that started the shooting in this latest round of fighting with neighbouring Armenia. Which is…