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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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Did The NZ Prime Minister Just Commit Treason?
Tuesday, 12 May 2026, 3:56 pm | Eugene Doyle
As a minimum the New Zealand government should confront the Israelis and demand two things: Non-repetition and Reparations. More >>
After Israel’s Brutal Attack On Kiwis Our Government Does Nothing
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 4:00 pm | Eugene Doyle
New Zealand has maintained virtually total silence over this criminality in order to provide assistance to its close friend and ally Israel. More >>
Iran Demands Hundreds Of Billions In Reparations For Being Attacked. Guess Who Will Pay?
Thursday, 23 April 2026, 7:37 pm | Eugene Doyle
If Iran succeeds in extracting reparations, it will be a world historic moment. It will be an achievement that will benefit countries around the globe which are similarly assailed by major powers. More >>
Divide And Prosper – The Evil Genius Of The UAE
Tuesday, 21 April 2026, 7:38 pm | Eugene Doyle
Without understanding the astonishing network of power exercised by the United Arab Emirates you would have no idea why the UAE was hit particularly hard by Iran in recent weeks. Nor would you know what fuels chaos from Libya to Sudan to Somalia ... More >>
Who Will Pay Billions In Reparations To Iran? We Will
Saturday, 4 April 2026, 8:29 pm | Eugene Doyle
It is high time the “middle powers” stopped chattering and wittering on, and finally stood up for law over lawlessness, peace over war, and humanity over the military-industrial-tech complex. More >>
Iran’s Target List: Taking The War To Western Multinationals
Friday, 27 March 2026, 2:25 pm | Eugene Doyle
If Iran can stay in the fight, the biggest multinational corporations in the West may be heavily targeted thanks to Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu. Are these major Western companies innocents victims or legitimate targets? More >>
Kharg Island – Into The Valley Of Death
Monday, 23 March 2026, 9:01 pm | Eugene Doyle
Throwing a first wave of Marines onto the sacrificial altar of Iran’s shores may be a deliberate act by Trump to dupe a gullible and patriotic US population into believing that more war, more killing is now justified. I hope not. More >>
Failure To Lead – Is New Zealand Walking Into An Energy Shock?
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 1:05 pm | Eugene Doyle
What is the risk of a hard stop on our oil and fertilizer supplies? Jack Tame of TVNZ put it this way to Finance Minister Nicola Willis this week: “Prudent governments plan for the worst and hope for the best. More >>
Will Israel And The US Wreck The Gulf States Along With Iran?
Saturday, 14 March 2026, 8:24 pm | Eugene Doyle
US Ambassador (ret) Chas Freeman is probably right: the US didn’t intend to shatter the Gulf States as one of its war aims. That leaves the more plausible explanation: the Americans and Israelis are simply demented and war-crazed. More >>
Going For The Jugular – The Energy Shock Is Coming
Monday, 9 March 2026, 3:57 pm | Eugene Doyle
The US-Israeli war on Iran could “bring down the economies of the world” Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar’s energy minister warned this week. More >>
The Smallest Coffins Are Always The Heaviest: The US-Israeli Killing Of Children Must Be Stopped
Sunday, 8 March 2026, 4:54 pm | Eugene Doyle
The West has torn up its copies of international law but we need to keep its spirit alive. More >>
Dumb And Dumberer Go To War
Friday, 6 March 2026, 4:35 pm | Eugene Doyle
The strategic incoherence of the US administration is on full display here: in-theatre war plans can shift daily on the whim of a President instead of being left to generals and battlefield commanders. More >>
Keep Donald Trump Away From The School Girls Of Iran
Tuesday, 3 March 2026, 9:29 am | Eugene Doyle
Nothing in the UN Charter says it is ok for powerful white countries to attack other countries. The West needs to bring its leaders to justice for the crime of genocide not launch yet another war. More >>
Cuban Ambassador Denounces US Aggression And Violations Of International Law
Saturday, 28 February 2026, 2:46 pm | Eugene Doyle
A conversation with Luis Ernesto Morejón Rodríguez, Cuba’s ambassador to Wellington, New Zealand. More >>
A US-Israeli Attack On Iran Could Crash The UK, German, NZ And Australian Economies
Sunday, 22 February 2026, 4:12 pm | Eugene Doyle
In truth, none of us know what will happen nor what the Iranians will be willing or able to do after an attack. Time and American violence will provide the answer. More >>
Will Japan’s Remilitarisation Drag Us Into A War?
Sunday, 15 February 2026, 3:06 pm | Eugene Doyle
America is not our friend. China is not our enemy. And Japan must now be added to the growing list of countries that should concern us. More >>
The Sinking Of The USS Abraham Lincoln. Who To Blame?
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 8:17 am | Eugene Doyle
If history is a guide, the Americans would blame the Iranians for hitting back, would turn psychotic and, as they did in Korea, Vietnam and elsewhere, launch what a New York Times reporter once called “war by tantrum”. More >>
Hunt For Red October: New Zealand’s Secret Service Busts A North Korean Asset In Auckland
Monday, 2 February 2026, 3:34 pm | Eugene Doyle
Isn’t it time we accepted that the West has lost all rights to be the Sheriff and Judge of the World? Isn't it time to stop the Wars without Strategy, this endless brutalization? More >>
The Humiliating Reason Sanctions On North Korea Have Failed To Achieve Anything Other Than Kill Civilians
Saturday, 31 January 2026, 4:18 pm | Eugene Doyle
I have been shocked by the reaction when I raise the lethal human cost of sanctions against North Korea with political figures I know. They tend to come back with a vociferous attack on the government in Pyongyang and its leader Kim Jong Un. Not ... More >>
North Korea Sanctions: NZ, Australia, The US Killed Thousands Of Civilians. They Have Achieved Nothing & Must Be Stopped
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 2:35 pm | Eugene Doyle
The UN Security Council adopted 2397 in 2017 after North Korea's (DPRK) launch of a Hwasong-15 ICBM. The effects of these sanctions were immediate and devastating on the civilian population. More >>
