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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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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 >>
Carney’s Moment: Canada’s PM Emerges At A Moment Of Peril For The West
Thursday, 22 January 2026, 2:01 pm | Eugene Doyle
At a time when the US is led by a criminal toddler who can’t stop whining about not getting the Nobel Peace Prize even as he attacks country after country, it is refreshing to encounter a leader who thinks & speaks like a statesman of the first ... More >>
Iran - Wars Of Narratives, The Great Satan, The Evil Empire, Angels And Demons
Monday, 19 January 2026, 1:53 pm | Eugene Doyle
Othering is the Western way. Hated Others get what they deserve, particularly now under a US administration that has trashed international law. We are living through headspinning times. More >>
Iran In The Vortex – What’s Really Going On?
Friday, 16 January 2026, 1:21 pm | Eugene Doyle
This article recognises multiple perspectives, including those of an activist associated with the anti-government Woman Life Freedom movement whom I interviewed this week. More >>
The Russian Bear Is Coming To Eat Your Children
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 7:35 pm | Eugene Doyle
Punishing the truth-tellers is now Western policy. The price demanded for honesty, for speaking truth to power, is getting higher and higher in the West. More >>
NATO: Prepare For War With Russia In 5 Years
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 7:24 pm | Eugene Doyle
If there was a concern, a genuine concern, that war was coming, wouldn't you engage in intense negotiation? Wouldn’t you do everything possible to stop it? More >>
All The President’s Men: Treason, $100 Million Stolen Cash And Zelensky’s Kleptocratic Inner Circle
Friday, 21 November 2025, 3:15 pm | Eugene Doyle
In the West beatifying Zelensky is doctrinal fundamentalism. He has been crucially important to building support amongst Western voters for a war that is draining hundreds of billions of dollars away from productive activities in their own countries More >>
Chip Wars: The Dutch Government Nearly Crashed The Global Car Industry
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 5:13 am | Eugene Doyle
The Chip War has exposed how fragile the global semiconductor supply chain is when superpowers lock horns. More >>
In Ukraine’s Pokrovsk Narratives Have Collided With Brutal Realities
Friday, 7 November 2025, 6:33 pm | Eugene Doyle
The fall of Pokrovsk could lead to a further drop in support amongst ordinary Ukrainians, a majority of whom, according to Gallup, now want the war over. More >>
