Little Islands, Big Games
NEED TO KNOW Little Islands, Big Games SOLOMON ISLANDS Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of the Solomon Islands distributed almost $2.5 million to […]
Rinse, Repeat
NEED TO KNOW Rinse, Repeat PUERTO RICO Five years after Hurricane Maria knocked out Puerto Rico’s electrical grid, it’s déjà vu. Hundreds […]
The Bear’s Market
NEED TO KNOW The Bear’s Market RUSSIA Global economic growth will reach only three percent this year due to the lingering effects […]
Splitting the Chimera
NEED TO KNOW Splitting the Chimera BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA The leader of Republika Srpska, an enclave of ethnic Serbs seeking to break […]
Take It Off
NEED TO KNOW Take It Off IRAN Big protests over little scarves are threatening to destabilize the Islamic Republic of Iran. In […]
A Good Day
NEED TO KNOW A Good Day CHINA While Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers international condemnation and internal dissent, US President Joe Biden […]
The Best Man for the Job
NEED TO KNOW The Best Man for the Job UGANDA An Ebola outbreak is occurring in Uganda, raising fears that the country […]
The Dangers of Desperation
NEED TO KNOW The Dangers of Desperation RUSSIA/ UKRAINE The once-vaunted, now-demoralized Russian military could be on the brink of collapse – […]
Democracy by Fiat
NEED TO KNOW Democracy by Fiat SWITZERLAND Much has been written about the benefits and dangers of democracy. Some in Europe and […]
Treading Water
NEED TO KNOW Treading Water PAKISTAN Record floods have turned lowland farms in Pakistan into lakes, highlighting the fragility of an unstable […]
A New, Cloudy Day
NEED TO KNOW A New, Cloudy Day UNITED KINGDOM On Monday, hundreds of thousands of Britons lined up and millions more tuned […]
Apple from the Tree
NEED TO KNOW Apple from the Tree ITALY Over the years, liberal elites throughout Europe have fretted about the premiership of Silvio […]
Humiliating Goliath
NEED TO KNOW Humiliating Goliath RUSSIA/ UKRAINE In the first few weeks of September, Ukrainian forces retook more than 2,300 square miles […]
Going, Going, Back
NEED TO KNOW Going, Going, Back EUROPEAN UNION Jean Blum, a resident of Berlin, Germany, usually uses natural gas to heat his […]
The Tricky Dance
NEED TO KNOW The Tricky Dance CZECH REPUBLIC “Medieval,” a new movie celebrating the military exploits of Czech national hero Jan Zizka, […]
The Time To Choose
NEED TO KNOW The Time To Choose BRAZIL Tanks rolled and soldiers marched through the streets of the Brazilian capital of Brasilia […]
Going A-Courting
NEED TO KNOW Going A-Courting AFRICA In the universe of Marvel Comics, Wakanda is a secret kingdom in sub-Saharan Africa ruled over […]
Tectonic Shifts
NEED TO KNOW Tectonic Shifts RUSSIA After World War II, British influence gave way to American power everywhere around the globe except […]
If You Can’t Beat Them…
NEED TO KNOW If You Can’t Beat Them… SWEDEN A local politician in Sweden, Saida Hussein Moge, recently quit the ruling Social […]
The Best, the Worst, of Times
NEED TO KNOW The Best, the Worst, of Times SAUDI ARABIA It was a time of lavish spending on ambitious projects. It […]
Wasting Away
NEED TO KNOW Wasting Away SOMALIA Death has two faces in Somalia these days. If famine doesn’t claim one’s life in the […]
Pinned Down
NEED TO KNOW Pinned Down ECUADOR Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, managed to drag his country out of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, however, […]
The Long Road
NEED TO KNOW The Long Road UKRAINE Just over six months after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Sébastien Roblin at NBC […]
Out of Touch
NEED TO KNOW Out of Touch CHILE Technocrats, scientists, environmentalists, and other experts and policymakers love Chile’s proposed new constitution. As Nature […]