A Perfect Storm
NEED TO KNOW ITALY A Perfect Storm When fiscal conservatives fret about budget deficits and slow economic growth, their fears are rooted […]
Vandalized By Humanity
NEED TO KNOW AUSTRALIA Vandalized By Humanity More than 20 percent of Australia’s forests – 27 million acres – burned this wildfire […]
Let There Be Light
NEED TO KNOW CHINA Let There Be Light The new coronavirus is testing the faith of the Chinese people in their government. […]
The Interests That Bind
NEED TO KNOW MEXICO The Interests That Bind The United States’ tough immigration policies are causing ripple effects throughout Mexico and Central […]
Bankrupt, and Dancing
NEED TO KNOW LEBANON Bankrupt, and Dancing Capital controls, the collapse of the local currency and high distrust in banks have led […]
State of Paranoia
NEED TO KNOW TAJIKISTAN State of Paranoia Authorities in Tajikistan are reportedly rounding up Islamic clerics and scholars whom they suspect of […]
Burden of Choice
NEED TO KNOW SLOVAKIA Burden of Choice Slovak right-wing political party leader Marian Kotleba is facing charges of hate crimes that could […]
Up for Grabs
NEED TO KNOW GUYANA Up for Grabs Guyana was an inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed 1912 novel “The Lost World,” about […]
Time’s Up, Maybe
NEED TO KNOW ISRAEL Time’s Up, Maybe Is time up for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu? His opponents sure think so. “Netanyahu […]
Trying Times
NEED TO KNOW JAPAN Trying Times Established in 1160, Tsuen Tea in Kyoto is perhaps the oldest continually operating tea house in […]
Moving Forward
NEED TO KNOW SUDAN Moving Forward Sudan appears to be turning a corner. After years of war and famine in the East […]
The Politics of Impunity
NEED TO KNOW EL SALVADOR The Politics of Impunity Since 2013, US officials have deported 138 people to El Salvador who were […]
Public Health
NEED TO KNOW HONG KONG Public Health Hong Kong officials recently evacuated some residents from an apartment block because they feared the […]
Freedom of Choice
NEED TO KNOW IRAN Freedom of Choice Iranian voters will elect a new parliament on Friday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged […]
Mining for a New Leader
NEED TO KNOW GUINEA Mining for a New Leader International mining companies are circling around massive, high-quality ore deposits in Guinea. As […]
Uncharted Waters
NEED TO KNOW VIETNAM Uncharted Waters Vietnam has been a success story for globalization. The communist Southeast Asian country has become a […]
Contest of Our Time
NEED TO KNOW CHILE Contest of Our Time Free marketeers have long considered Chile a darling among South American countries due to […]
Skepticism of Liberty
NEED TO KNOW EASTERN EUROPE Skepticism of Liberty Judging by the success of so-called “illiberal,” populist governments in Hungary, Poland and elsewhere […]
Grand Plans
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN Grand Plans Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have stalled. The former insists on a […]
A Question of Legitimacy
NEED TO KNOW CAMEROON A Question of Legitimacy Around 50,000 Cameroonian refugees have been flooding into Nigeria in recent weeks. They fear […]
From The Rubble
NEED TO KNOW HAITI From The Rubble Ten years ago this month, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti, reducing Port-au-Prince to rubble. As […]
Losing Hope
NEED TO KNOW ROMANIA Losing Hope Bucharest is supposedly the Paris of the East. Citing the French influence on the Romanian capital’s […]
Spinning One’s Wheels
NEED TO KNOW SOMALIA Spinning One’s Wheels Climate change is wreaking havoc in Somalia. People are making it worse. Massive locust swarms […]