Before the Avalanche
NEED TO KNOW Before the Avalanche MOZAMBIQUE Cyclone Chido blew through Mozambique last month. The storm’s 160-mile winds and the 10 inches […]
Ready Player One
NEED TO KNOW Ready Player One MYANMAR In Myanmar, rebels play a video game called SpringBees to raise money for the civilian-led […]
Megawatts of Fury
NEED TO KNOW Megawatts of Fury GEORGIA When defending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and meddling in other countries’ internal affairs, Russian President […]
Sink or Swim
NEED TO KNOW Sink or Swim BOLIVIA A community of ethnic Aymara shamans in Bolivia called amautas, or “wise ones” in the […]
The Emperor’s New Clothes
NEED TO KNOW The Emperor’s New Clothes CHAD French troops will soon complete their exit from Chad, their last foreign deployment in […]
Holding It Together
NEED TO KNOW Holding It Together IRAQ Those who remember the years of chaos and instability that plagued Iraq after the US-led […]
Shuffling the Deck
NEED TO KNOW Shuffling the Deck RUSSIA A statue of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the deceased leader of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, was […]
Broken Promises
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We the People
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Forward, March
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Rocks, and Hard Places
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The Cloudy Crystal Ball
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Ifs, Ands, and Buts
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Building Sea Legs
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When the Pillars Fall
NEED TO KNOW When the Pillars Fall IRAN Iran has had a bad year. Israel has decimated Hamas, the Iranian-backed Palestinian group […]
Dissecting a Vote
NEED TO KNOW Dissecting a Vote ROMANIA The European Union this month said it would investigate if, and how, TikTok was used […]
The Green Petrostate
NEED TO KNOW The Green Petrostate NORWAY Norway appeared ready to give miners what they wanted. In June, Norwegian officials cordoned off […]
Rule by Orthrus
NEED TO KNOW Rule by Orthrus CROATIA Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković has overseen fantastic economic growth and integrated the Balkan country […]
The Bulldozer
NEED TO KNOW The Bulldozer ZAMBIA The Zambian Constitutional Court recently overturned lower court rulings to determine that ex-President Edgar Lungu could […]
Peas in a Pod
NEED TO KNOW Peas in a Pod INDIA The Indian multinational conglomerate Adani Group recently announced an $88.5 billion investment in renewable […]
Tone Deaf
NEED TO KNOW Tone Deaf SOUTH KOREA Former South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun attempted to commit suicide while in jail […]
The Yin and the Yang
NEED TO KNOW The Yin and the Yang BRAZIL Right-wing Brazilian populist Jair Bolsonaro, who served as president from 2019 to 2023, […]
Eyes on the Road
NEED TO KNOW Eyes on the Road INDONESIA American tech giant Apple is planning to build a $1 billion tech hub and […]
Simply Replacable
NEED TO KNOW Simply Replaceable MALI Mali recently launched drone attacks against ethnic Tuareg rebel leaders in the town of Tin Zaouatine […]