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Eugene Doyle
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Eugene Doyle is a writer based in Wellington, New Zealand. He has written extensively on the Middle East, as well as peace and security issues in the Asia Pacific region.
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Yemen: Graveyard Of The House Of Saud?
Sunday, 25 October 2026, 2:25 pm | Eugene Doyle
Tectonic shifts are indeed underway across the Middle East but not as the corrupt rulers who triggered the Middle East earthquake anticipated. More >>
Uneasy Lies The Head That Wears The Saudi Crown
Thursday, 15 October 2026, 6:54 pm | Eugene Doyle
MBS must now decide whether it is better to risk it all and press on with the carnage or choose a painful peace over war and death. More >>
Non-Diplomacy And Its Consequences. Part Two.
Friday, 9 October 2026, 8:02 am | Eugene Doyle
Part of the tradecraft of diplomats and analysts is in helping their states understand the unique culture, political dynamics, and so on, of another country. More >>
Non-Diplomacy And Its Consequences. Part One.
Wednesday, 7 October 2026, 8:44 am | Eugene Doyle
Something else that is central to diplomacy is balancing not just differences but the tensions that arise between important principles of international law. More >>
UK Terror Police Detain My Friend Ian Proud
Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 2:08 pm | Eugene Doyle
Ian, the author of A Misfit in Moscow: How British diplomacy in Russia failed: 2014-2019, has become a powerful voice advocating for a return to diplomacy to solve international crises. More >>
The Quiet General – My Interview With SCO Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev
Wednesday, 30 September 2026, 2:10 pm | Eugene Doyle
The Secretary-General is determined to accelerate the SCO’s emergence as a key international institution particularly at this time of rising tensions, unilateral wars and the constant violations of the UN Charter. More >>
The US Is Not Our Friend. China Is Not Our Enemy - Part Two
Sunday, 6 September 2026, 2:00 pm | Eugene Doyle
We need to recognize that the world is at a Hinge Moment and we would be wise to choose the path of independence, peace, diplomacy and a defence posture that is just about defence not about projection of US power. More >>
The US Is Not Our Friend. China Is Not Our Enemy.
Tuesday, 1 September 2026, 3:44 pm | Eugene Doyle
In the past year the US has not only launched multiple wars of aggression it has threatened its own allies including Canada – the country the US President refers to as the 51st state. More >>
Sudanese Chargé D’Affaires: Sudan’s War Is Fuelled By UAE. How To Bring Peace
Saturday, 22 August 2026, 6:31 pm | Eugene Doyle
Perhaps the most important point is that Sudan’s future must ultimately belong to the Sudanese people, says His Excellency Ahmed AbdeLatif, Canberra-based Chargé d'Affaires to New Zealand. More >>
What The Hell Just Happened In New Zealand?
Thursday, 13 August 2026, 7:01 pm | Eugene Doyle
The hard truth is that after nearly three years in the job Luxon just doesn't understand how politics works. He repeatedly says how it's good for CEOs to run the country. He has manifestly proven that's not the case. More >>
Proven: US Sanctions Are Deadlier For Children Than Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
Monday, 10 August 2026, 7:07 am | Eugene Doyle
The report by Professor Francisco Rodríguez, Silvio Rendón and Mark Weisbrot vividly underscores US President Woodrow Wilson’s comment that sanctions were “something more tremendous than war.” More >>
Responding To NZ Foreign Minister’s Racist Slurs On China And On Fellow MP
Friday, 31 July 2026, 6:53 am | Eugene Doyle
In response to criticism, including from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, the foreign minister doubled down, flaming the Chinese system of government. More >>
Iranian Ambassador: Why The US Blundered So Badly, The State Of Diplomacy And Ways Forward
Thursday, 23 July 2026, 4:13 pm | Eugene Doyle
The Americans have come to take control of all things in Iran – not just the oil of Iran and the land of Iran, but to take control of Iranians’ own identity, our independence and our way of life. More >>
Sex Crimes, Karim Khan And The West’s War On The ICC
Tuesday, 21 July 2026, 7:21 am | Eugene Doyle
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society organisations, decried the Karim Khan disciplinary process saying it had ‘failed all parties’ and is ‘corroding’ the court's independence. More >>
“China Is Cranking Out Nuclear Submarines Faster Than Dumplings.” WhyNZ-Australian Defence Settings Are Misguided
Friday, 17 July 2026, 3:31 pm | Eugene Doyle
The Chinese, it should be pointed out, fired a dummy warhead so the reference to “nuclear” is reasonable but a slight stretch. More >>
The Iran Lesson: Why The US Will Lose A War With China
Friday, 10 July 2026, 1:45 pm | Eugene Doyle
China's deep structural resilience, its mature leadership, and its careful marshalling of its resources, makes it the likely victor in a war no one should start and possibly no one can decisively win. War is madness. More >>
“You Won’t Even Make It Back To Your F**king Country”. Genocide As US Statecraft
Wednesday, 1 July 2026, 7:14 am | Eugene Doyle
“You close it and you won’t have a country. You won’t even make it back to your fucking country,” Donald J Trump, the President of the United States of America. More >>
Pakistan PM Drops A Truth Bomb On US Over Iranian Missiles
Sunday, 28 June 2026, 8:04 pm | Eugene Doyle
I share both these memorable statements because such comments are seldom aired by our increasingly “curated” Western media. More >>
Winston Peters Has A Brain Explosion
Friday, 19 June 2026, 7:45 am | Eugene Doyle
Peters believes what Itamar Ben-Gvir, Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli ambassador are saying and denies the evidence of 430 activists who were kidnapped and taken to Israel in May. More >>
“The Most Dangerous Place On Earth,” The Baltics At Boiling Point
Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 1:22 pm | Eugene Doyle
“The Russians have now threatened very harshly that this must stop,” Lieven says. “They claim that the Ukrainians are already establishing launch sites in Latvia.” More >>
