A shift in the world’s centre of economic gravity does not necessarily spell doom for those whose relative influence has dwindled
As usual, a well-trained Western army has gone through a virtually untrained force of African rebels like a hot knife through butter
Can the West believe Kim Jong-Un intends to end the tyranny imposed on North Korea?
Oscar-winning actor Gerard Depardieu receives Russian citizenship and a 13 per cent tax rate
The prediction that the United States will be the world’s biggest oil producer by 2017 is nonsense
If self-conscious machine intelligence does emerge, will it inevitably see human beings as rivals and threats?
It’s as if the world’s leaders were earnestly warning us that global warming will cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
Separatist movements in democratic countries of the West are generally peaceful, frivolous and unsuccessful
Move away from nuclear energy will result in more use of fossil fuels and rising greenhouse gases
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu has nothing to gain in the upcoming elections by attacking Gaza this month
This is the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, although a new book reveals the crisis continued longer than previously thought
Decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union met with criticism
Near collapse of Iran's currency primarily caused by international sanctions
Britain a likely candidate to begin the reduction of nuclear weapons
Although Republicans view Obama as a wild-eyed radical who is dismantling America’s defences, his foreign policy is anything but
Some would argue that the European Union’s oil sanctions against Iran are a double triumph for Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
Spain's debt deal will set the tone for Sunday's Greek elections
Imagine that you are a junior officer in a West African army.
Assad has little reason to fear retaliation from the West over the ongoing bloodshed in Syria
Penticton Western News columnist Gwynne Dyer writes about pulling NATO troops out of Afghanistan