OPINION

Giancarlo Elia Valori   According to the Greek historian Polybius, Alexander the Great used to say that propaganda “serves to maintain and protect the victories after the cessation of hostilities”. This quote is still an essential key to understand the mechanisms of contemporary propaganda and psyops. The current …

Donald Trump is neither a warmonger nor an isolationist. His game plan is to ramp up the pressure and “de-escalate on favorable terms.” And he wants to be prepared for the dangers that may one day exist.\ Forget about getting a backbone. America needs an iron constitution for …

Andrew England Unemployment and lack of reforms underpin protests in Middle East and north Africa Protesters outside the government palace in Beirut with ‘Revolution’ painted on their faces © AP When Lebanon imposed a fee on WhatsApp calls to boost government coffers, it was another example of Arab …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The elections held in Tunisia saw 7,065,883 registered voters, with 49% of women and over a third of voters under 35 years of age. The voters outside the national territory were 385,546. There were 217 seats to be assigned and 4,871 polling stations with 12,000 …

After a divisive six-week campaign, the speeches are over and the debates are done — Canadians have decided the 2019 federal election. Here’s the latest from across the country: 1:10 a.m. — In an unusual move, Justin Trudeau began his acceptance speech as Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer started …

The Trump administration should remain firm with the pressure campaign, continue trying to get the Europeans on board a harsher response to Iran’s aggressions, carve out a clear negotiations strategy, and be wary of blinking first. For some time now there have been serious questions about the kind …

By Rick Sterling If one believes in the restoration of international law and the tenets of the UN Charter, then the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from northern Syria is a good thing. Here are some facts and history that explain why. The foreign policy elite is in …

Adam Bienkov Boris Johnson writes to the EU requesting that is delayed, after repeatedly insisting that he would not. The prime minister had said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than send the letter. Johnson declined to sign the letter and sent a separate letter arguing …

Kat Tenbarge Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan House delegation to Jordan on Saturday to meet with a group of officials that included King Abdullah II and other top officials. In a statement, Pelosi said the meeting involved a “constructive dialogue on regional stability, counterterrorism, security cooperation, Middle …