NEED TO KNOW LIBYA A Desperate Choice Since the demise of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya, the country the flamboyant leader once […]

NEED TO KNOW IRAN Spring Is Not Here The sight of thousands of Iranian protesters raising slogans against not only the country’s […]

NEED TO KNOW POLAND Clear and Present Danger On Nov. 11, 60,000 people marched through Warsaw to celebrate Poland’s independence day. The […]

NEED TO KNOW CHILE Left, Right and Center It’s tempting to see the victory of conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera in Chile’s recent […]

NEED TO KNOW NEPAL Playing the Angles Everest-sized changes may be underway in Kathmandu. An alliance of the country’s two communist parties […]

NEED TO KNOW WORLD A New Year The international hotspots that garnered headlines in 2017 will still be generating stories in the […]

NEED TO KNOW Looking Back Regimes changed in 2017. A new president entered the White House, with ramifications from North Korea to […]

NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA Deadly Speculation Imagine North Korea obliterating Manhattan and other targets in a nuclear strike in March 2019 […]

NEED TO KNOW CAMEROON Speaking Up The arrest of Cameroonian-American writer Patrice Nganang in Douala earlier this month brought home a conflict […]

NEED TO KNOW ARGENTINA All’s Fair… It’s a tossup as to whether Argentine leaders are cleaning house or tearing it down. Earlier […]

Dear Readers, Today is Christmas Day in America, and we are taking a respite from the world’s troubles and, instead, offering a […]

NEED TO KNOW HONDURAS The Orchid Revolution Could unrest in Honduras spark a political revolution like the Arab Spring? That’s the question […]

NEED TO KNOW CONGO For the Sake of Us Start a discussion about ecosystems that are vital to the Earth’s survival and […]

NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE The Georgian Offender Even as they wage war against each other, Ukrainian and Russian leaders agree on one […]

NEED TO KNOW INDONESIA The Perils of Justice Complaints of a stomach bug didn’t stop an Indonesian court from indicting Setya Novanto, […]

NEED TO KNOW SYRIA The Quagmire It’s hard to tell whether they’re coming or going in Syria. The US has declared victory […]

NEED TO KNOW ITALY He’s Back Silvio Berlusconi was recently defending his record on women’s issues during an interview with one of […]

NEED TO KNOW CHINA From There to Here China has become the full-throated defender of globalization in recent years. At the recent […]

NEED TO KNOW ZIMBABWE Hope in Africa Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo wrote a special message on Facebook for children born on Nov. […]

NEED TO KNOW CUBA Meeting Minds The discovery of brain damage in diplomats formerly posted in the US embassy in Cuba has […]

NEED TO KNOW PAKISTAN The Price of Chaos The latest victims of the Pakistani Taliban were teenagers who feared for their lives […]

NEED TO KNOW JERUSALEM Rising Up and Shrugging Palestinians rose up against President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to move the US […]

NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA The Return of the Tsar Russia’s Vladimir Putin has a coy side. Even though everyone knew he would […]

NEED TO KNOW SAUDI ARABIA The Unlikeliest of Springs With a young crown prince now at the helm of power, many believe […]