It’s Alive!
NEED TO KNOW ITALY It’s Alive! German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron may have been able to stave off […]
Dreaming a Different Day
NEED TO KNOW GAZA Dreaming a Different Day Ahmad Abu Artema describes himself as a dreamer. “I looked up at the birds […]
A Shimmering Light
NEED TO KNOW MALAYSIA A Shimmering Light Just days before Malaysians took to the polls to elect a new parliament this month, […]
Force and Change
NEED TO KNOW VENEZUELA Force and Change Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro learned politics under Hugo Chavez, the socialist firebrand who served as […]
Off the Blacklist
NEED TO KNOW CHAD Off the Blacklist Citizens of Chad are able to once again enter the United States after President Trump […]
‘We Are Nicaragua’
NEED TO KNOW NICARAGUA ‘We Are Nicaragua’ When the Sandinista National Liberation Front of Nicaragua overthrew President Anastasio Somoza in 1979, ending […]
From Prisoner to Premier
NEED TO KNOW ARMENIA From Prisoner to Premier Armenian journalist Nikol Pashinyan was kicked out of college in 1995 for his political […]
The Ties that Bind
NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM The Ties that Bind The Sackler family of London derives its wealth from manufacturing OxyContin and other […]
A Different Song and Dance
NEED TO KNOW IRAQ A Different Song and Dance As if geopolitical happenings in Iraq weren’t complex enough, Sunday’s parliamentary elections – […]
The Unending Debate
NEED TO KNOW WORLD The Unending Debate Members of the Irish rock band U2 recently came out in favor of repealing abortion […]
The Grass of Elephants
NEED TO KNOW EUROPEAN UNION The Grass of Elephants Just before they were scheduled to expire, US President Donald Trump extended stays […]
Pendulum Swing
NEED TO KNOW ARGENTINA Pendulum Swing When Equity International, Goldman Sachs and Centaurus Capital announced an Argentinian real-estate deal worth $300 million […]
A Nobel Idea
NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA A Nobel Idea North and South Korean troops have removed loudspeakers that blared propaganda at each other […]
Cognitive Dissonance
NEED TO KNOW SAUDI ARABIA Cognitive Dissonance It’s hard to hold two opposing ideas in one’s mind simultaneously. Yet that is what […]
Motion Sickness
NEED TO KNOW INDONESIA Motion Sickness Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, is developing at breakneck speeds. Since the ouster of longtime dictator […]
Mystic Chords of Memory
NEED TO KNOW IRAQ Mystic Chords of Memory The financial crisis, the rise of the Islamic State and the success of right-wing […]
More Than Words
NEED TO KNOW COLOMBIA More Than Words 2018 hasn’t been the best year for the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better […]
The Birth of a Nation
NEED TO KNOW AZERBAIJAN The Birth of a Nation When it was founded in 1918, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was one of […]
On the Sidelines
NEED TO KNOW JAPAN On the Sidelines At their meeting in President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate last week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]
On Defrost
NEED TO KNOW UZBEKISTAN On Defrost For 27 years, Uzbek dictator Islam Karimov regularly jailed and tortured dissenters, threatened citizens with a […]
Deep Dive
NEED TO KNOW SIERRA LEONE Deep Dive Sierra Leone recently swore in newly elected President Julius Maada Bio, a retired military commander […]
A Bittersweet Journey
NEED TO KNOW ISRAEL A Bittersweet Journey The 70th anniversary of Israel led to a bevy of bittersweet coverage in the news. […]
The Ties That Bind
NEED TO KNOW CUBA The Ties That Bind When the Washington Post’s reporter asked Cubans about their hopes for the nation after […]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
NEED TO KNOW INDIA R-E-S-P-E-C-T Americans debate often about affirmative action and racial quotas in schools and the workplace. Those debates have […]