Over a Shoulder, Over a Barrel
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA Over a Shoulder, Over a Barrel Funny thing happened after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allies lost a third […]
Papers, Please
NEED TO KNOW INDIA Papers, Please Imagine being declared a foreigner in the country of your birth. That’s what happened to seven-year-old […]
Forever War
NEED TO KNOW AFGHANISTAN The Forever War Services in memory of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the US might have […]
Dancehall Dreams
NEED TO KNOW ZIMBABWE Dancehall Dreams Winky D is a hero among some in Zimbabwe. The popular singer performs Zimdancehall music, a […]
A Messy Do-Over
NEED TO KNOW ISRAEL A Messy Do-Over Israeli President Reuven Rivlin delivered a rare rebuke of Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu in […]
The Art of Listening
NEED TO KNOW TUNISIA The Art of Listening The Tunisian presidential election is heating up. That’s important because voters are deciding more […]
Where to Start?
NEED TO KNOW LEBANON Where to Start? The Daily Star, an English-language newspaper in Lebanon, recently ran an edition that contained no […]
Riding the Tailwinds
NEED TO KNOW GERMANY Riding the Tailwinds The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been racking up electoral gains lately, and many expect […]
Scourge Act II
NEED TO KNOW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Scourge Act II The Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,300 people […]
Exponential Radicalization
NEED TO KNOW IRAQ & SYRIA Exponential Radicalization Thousands of displaced wives and children of the vanquished Islamic State now live in […]
Historic Liabilities
NEED TO KNOW GUAM Historic Liabilities When Walter Denton was 13 years old and growing up in the US territory of Guam, […]
Missile Diplomacy
NEED TO KNOW TURKEY Missile Diplomacy US-backed Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria are in retreat. As the BBC explained, the troops pulled […]
Dueling Memories
NEED TO KNOW EASTERN EUROPE Dueling Memories Europeans last month celebrated two anniversaries dating from the modern era. Aug. 19 marked the […]
We Don’t Need No Education
NEED TO KNOW ERITREA We Don’t Need No Education Every Eritrean high school student spends the 12th grade at the Warsai Yikealo […]
Waiting Rooms of History
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION Waiting Rooms of History American actor Richard Gere recently delivered humanitarian supplies to a boat of migrants […]
Rats, Sewage and Humming Economies
NEED TO KNOW CHILE Rats, Sewage and Humming Economies Free marketers have long championed the economic success of Chile. The South American […]
Protecting the Innocents
NEED TO KNOW PAKISTAN Protecting the Innocents Sakina Bibi innocently believed her marriage was an excuse to dress up and wear jewelry. […]
‘Chernobyl on Ice’
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA ‘Chernobyl on Ice’ Chernobyl has been a real tourist draw lately. “The Ukrainian government is promoting the Exclusion […]
Accounting
NEED TO KNOW SUDAN Accounting The signing of a peace deal between the Sudanese government and protesters in August was arguably the […]
Possibilities
NEED TO KNOW ITALY Possibilities The 134 migrants were at the “breaking point” as their rescue ship, dubbed the Open Arms, remained […]
Gimme Shelter
NEED TO KNOW IRELAND Gimme Shelter An Irish university student became famous after he tweeted a photo of a long, winding queue […]
Buckle Up
NEED TO KNOW KYRGYZSTAN Buckle Up In early August, when security forces descended on the home of Almazbek Atambayev to detain him […]
Gasping For Air
NEED TO KNOW AMAZON BASIN Gasping For Air Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been under fire for his stewardship of the precious Amazon […]
Moving On
NEED TO KNOW LAOS Moving On Laos is straggling into the 21st century. But it has demons from the distant and not-so-distant […]