DYER: Picking sides in the European elections
The best way of describing what just happened in the European Union elections is to say...
Tag: international affairs
DYER: Provoking an unwinnable war with Iran
“After a long debate, the highest levels of the military could not forecast a way in which...
DYER: Great powers don’t avoid endless war
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” said Donald Trump in his State of the Union...
DYER: A funeral in Ireland
On April 17, the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Leo Varadkar, and...
DYER: The world needs more whistleblowers
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is an unattractive character, and he also has...
DYER: Libya: Haftar’s last throw?
With Khalifa Haftar’s forces stalled outside the capital, Tripoli, the eight-year omnishambles in...
DYER: Immigration issue is about to get worse
In a recent survey of potential adult migrants worldwide, 47 million said they would most...
DYER: Life imitating art in Ukrainian politics
Unlike comedian Alec Baldwin, who is famous for his impersonation of President Trump on...
DYER: World’s leading demagogue
You can keep your Orban, your Netanyahu, your pathetic Boris Johnson. As for Donald Trump,...
DYER: The Brexit border backstop
The other Europeans are not laughing at the English for the most part. They are looking at...
DYER: Another Arab Spring approaching
The slogans of the ‘Arab Spring’ are being heard again in the Arab world. “The people want...
DYER: No need to panic about magnetics
For a moment there I thought we had a new global threat to deal with, alongside the old...
DYER: The Great Dying, the Little Ice Age and us
The Black Death killed about 30 per cent of the European population in a few years in the...
DYER: Half a loaf is better than none
‘Half a loaf is better than no bread’ is what you tell yourself to justify giving in to a...
DYER: Macedonia — what’s in a name?
The Congo Republic (pop. 5 million) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (pop. 88 million)...
DYER: Orthodoxy: the new great schism
If you live long enough, almost anything is possible. It is now possible, for example, to...
DYER: Brexit and the border
It was either ignorant or irresponsible for those campaigning for Brexit (British exit from...
DYER: Idiots on both sides of the INF treaty
The last time I wrote about the treaty banning ‘intermediate-range’ nuclear missiles was 31...
DYER: Iran deal: a bird in the hand….
It is generally agreed that a bird in the hand is worth two (or three, or more) in the...
DYER: What North Korea wants
What does Kim Jong-un want? One thing: security. He doesn’t want to conquer the world. It’s...
