NEED TO KNOW A Bright Spot Jordan has taken a stride in distancing itself from the political and humanitarian tumult of its […]

NEED TO KNOW Business As Usual After the attacks in the US over the weekend, the American presidential election is likely to […]

NEED TO KNOW The Scramble for Samarkand Longtime Uzbek strongman Islam Karimov wasn’t even cold in his grave before the geopolitical wrangling […]

NEED TO KNOW Berlin Redux Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is gearing up for regional elections in the city-state of […]

NEED TO KNOW Grand Delusions, Real Threats North Korean President Kim Jong-un works hard to keep a tight lid on the internal […]

NEED TO KNOW Anyone Here Non-Aligned? Questions surround the 17th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement scheduled to convene on the Venezuelan island […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Princes and Pilgrims Millions of people from across the globe are currently making their way to the holy […]

NEED TO KNOW I’ll Do It My Way British Prime Minister Theresa May keeps saying, “Brexit means Brexit.” But it turns out […]

NEED TO KNOW Once More, With Fairness Europe is calling for a recount in Gabon’s recent presidential election. It’s the latest escalation […]

NEED TO KNOW The Lasting Pivot US President Barack Obama’s last big trip to Asia ended this week with his visit to […]

NEED TO KNOW A Democracy Grows in China World leaders were in China Monday for a Group of 20 summit that reminded […]

NEED TO KNOW Two Twilights As US President Barack Obama manages the end of his tenure in office, he’s also arguably presiding […]

NEED TO KNOW Wars, Civil and Proxy Russia’s military excursions in Syria have not only tipped the balance of power in the […]

NEED TO KNOW From Oil to Starbucks While countries in North Africa and the Levant have seen much turmoil since the Arab […]

NEED TO KNOW The Hemorrhage of Souls One year into Europe’s refugee crisis, the continent has come to grips with this immense […]

NEED TO KNOW The Kingdom of Crackdowns The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has remained relatively stable in a region upended by […]

NEED TO KNOW A Dishonorable Practice Drugged and murdered by her brother for behavior her killer claimed was dishonoring the family and […]

NEED TO KNOW A Sense of Gloom Once a regional power, Egypt is now a shell of its former self. “A sense […]

NEED TO KNOW Of Swimsuits and Terror Want to prevent terrorism? Ban the burkini swimsuit. Or so goes the prevailing wisdom in […]

NEED TO KNOW Gunboat Justice Relations between the United States and Latin America have been rocky for years. Lately, however, they’ve taken […]

NEED TO KNOW The Vision Thing British voters’ decision to leave the European Union in June didn’t technically trigger the formal process […]

NEED TO KNOW The Saddest Microcosm For the past five months, the Yemeni capital of Sana’a has been mostly quiet. Quiet for […]

NEED TO KNOW Venezuela’s Oil Troubles Oil prices may finally be set to rise. But desperate Venezuela won’t gain much from the […]

NEED TO KNOW Israel’s African Handshake Egypt’s Islam El Shehaby was escorted from the mat by loud boos in Rio de Janeiro […]