NEED TO KNOW A Loaded Choice The French will go to the polls Sunday to vote for a new president, choosing between […]

NEED TO KNOW Turbulence and Resilience Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s India has proven to be remarkably resilient, even in turbulent times. The […]

NEED TO KNOW Strength in Numbers In a year defined by the rising tide of populism, one major world power seems to […]

NEED TO KNOW Northerly Neighbors When American policymakers complain about trade imbalances in North America, Mexico typically figures as the culprit. In […]

NEED TO KNOW In the Crossfire Iraqi commanders expect to take back Mosul from the Islamic State this month, Reuters reported on […]

NEED TO KNOW Papal Visits, Fragile Relations When bombs exploded at two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday, some wondered […]

NEED TO KNOW Milk and Walls It’s no exaggeration to say that relations between the US and Mexico have reached new low […]

NEED TO KNOW Bad Company Iranians vote for president on May 19 at a time when their country stands poised either to […]

NEED TO KNOW A Looming Flashpoint Events in France, Germany and the United Kingdom have overshadowed those in Spain this year due […]

NEED TO KNOW Herd Mentality The shooting of conservationist Kuki Gallmann on her ranch in northern Kenya was a high-profile example of […]

NEED TO KNOW Mainstream and Mavericks The first round of voting in the French presidential election on Sunday was already billed as […]

NEED TO KNOW Neighborly Relations, Hard Lines A resurgent Taliban has posed problems as the US and Afghanistan discuss how to move […]

NEED TO KNOW No ‘Plan B’ Argentinian President Mauricio Macri has pushed the country down an ambitious path of reforms since his […]

NEED TO KNOW Squaring the Circle During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida earlier this month, […]

NEED TO KNOW A New Turkey Elections are supposed to decide issues. The vote in Turkey on Sunday has almost certainly not […]

NEED TO KNOW The Lost Children Three years ago, Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 schoolgirls in Chibok in northern Nigeria. Nearly 200 […]

NEED TO KNOW Wanted: A Compelling Alternative South African President Jacob Zuma has been called the Teflon Don thanks to his unflappable […]

NEED TO KNOW An Appeal to the Masses Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday meeting with King Salman. […]

NEED TO KNOW Mutual Mistrust Even under the best circumstances, tensions between Russia and the US would probably have been high ahead […]

NEED TO KNOW The Confidence Crisis In the short run, the Islamic State’s attacks on two Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on […]

NEED TO KNOW The Old Song and Dance Serbians took to the streets in recent days in protest against the election of […]

NEED TO KNOW The Art of Trade The leaders of the world’s two largest economies are meeting each other for the first […]

NEED TO KNOW No U Turn It’s been about eight months since the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Many observers were […]

NEED TO KNOW The Final Fight After six months of fighting, the battle for Mosul – the Islamic State’s last remaining stronghold […]