On a High Wire
NEED TO KNOW On a High Wire TURKEY Turkish leaders have said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is illegal. They have delivered […]
Looky, Looky
NEED TO KNOW Looky, Looky SOMALILAND Though technically part of war-torn Somalia, Somaliland declared independence in 1991, has governed itself for 30 […]
Twilight of the Gods
NEED TO KNOW Twilight of the Gods RUSSIA-UKRAINE The island of Jersey, a British territory and tax haven in the English Channel, […]
Talk Abroad and at Home
NEED TO KNOW Talk Abroad and at Home SLOVENIA Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa recently joined the premiers of the Czech Republic […]
Fear and Vindication
NEED TO KNOW Fear and Vindication BALTICS Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have become the first European countries to cut off gas imports […]
Sovereignty Un-Stifled
NEED TO KNOW Sovereignty Un-Stifled FINLAND Finlandization has been proposed as a final status for Ukraine after Russia concludes its ongoing brutal […]
Shopping Around
NEED TO KNOW Shopping Around AFRICA Around 45 percent of the European Union’s gas comes from Russia. In the next few months, […]
The Wages of the Toady
NEED TO KNOW The Wages of the Toady BELARUS Russian soldiers retreating from Ukraine to Belarus are selling goods that they have […]
The Game of Neutrality
NEED TO KNOW The Game of Neutrality WORLD As his soldiers fight Russian forces, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recently pledged that his country […]
Bullets and Choices
NEED TO KNOW Bullets and Choices MOLDOVA Moldovans looking to the east can see smoke on the horizon as Ukrainian troops fend […]
Green Fields, Orange Apes
NEED TO KNOW Green Fields, Orange Apes INDONESIA Indonesians are talking about their government’s plan to move their capital from the metropolis […]
Push, Pull
NEED TO KNOW Push, Pull CENTRAL ASIA A radio talk show host in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan recently posted a […]
Little Brother
NEED TO KNOW Little Brother SERBIA American and Western European diplomats recently expressed their disappointment at Kosovo’s decision to disallow people to […]
Russkiy Mir
NEED TO KNOW Russkiy Mir RUSSIA Artur and Vsevolod fled to Istanbul, Turkey from their hometown of Moscow fearing that they might […]
Between a Hammer and an Anvil
NEED TO KNOW Between a Hammer and an Anvil HUNGARY Most Central and East European leaders have been outspoken in their condemnation […]
Packing Proxies
NEED TO KNOW Packing Proxies MALDIVES Some in the Maldives want to reduce the influence of India. The same people in the […]
Just Business
NEED TO KNOW Just Business UKRAINE/ RUSSIA Executives at France-based energy giant TotalEnergies recently announced that they would stop all Russian oil […]
Crisis, Opportunity
NEED TO KNOW Crisis, Opportunity MALTA Maltese Prime Minister and Labour Party Leader Robert Abela recently handed out tax refund checks as […]
Four Weeks
NEED TO KNOW Four Weeks UKRAINE The pregnant woman and her infant who died after a Russian airstrike on a hospital in […]
Egg on Face
NEED TO KNOW Egg on Face EUROPE Populist Italian politician Matteo Salvini had egg on his face recently after a press conference […]
A Caucasian Puzzle
NEED TO KNOW A Caucasian Puzzle ARMENIA Armenian President Armen Sarkissian recently resigned from office because he felt that he possessed too […]
An Angry Man
NEED TO KNOW An Angry Man RUSSIA Recently, Putin declared that any country that interfered in Russia’s special operations in Ukraine would […]
When Dreams Become Nightmares
NEED TO KNOW When Dreams Become Nightmares UKRAINE When Russia recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine shortly […]