May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016 NEED TO KNOW A Vital, Difficult Ally Idriss Deby, the newly re-elected president of Chad, is one ally the […]
May 2, 2016
May 2, 2016 NEED TO KNOW A Rocky Sea of Separation Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was in China this weekend to […]
April 29, 2016
April 29, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Bangladesh: Trolls and Heroes Take a look at your Facebook page. Maybe you made a snarky […]
April 28, 2016
April 28, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Syrian Ceasefire All But Collapses The pictures are heartbreaking. During the past week, around 200 civilians have been killed in […]
April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Peace for South Sudan? Warring factions in South Sudan stepped closer to a lasting peace than […]
April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Syria: Saving the Ceasefire or Assad? Eight weeks into a truce that was supposed to allow […]
April 25, 2016
April 25, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Obama Pivots Back Known for his agility on the basketball court, US President Barack Obama has […]
April 22, 2016
April 22, 2016 NEED TO KNOW China’s Port for Pakistan Containing China may not be such a good idea everywhere. Neither Washington […]
April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Forgotten War It's one of the deadliest conflicts in the world, and yet it's overlooked. […]
April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Talking, Not Listening The ceasefire in the Syrian civil war lasted for around six weeks – […]
April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Brazil's Enduring Battle For Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the vote this weekend in Congress to begin […]
April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Responsibility of Welcome When Pope Francis arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos this weekend, […]
April 15, 2016
April 15, 2016 NEED TO KNOW China: Slow Growth Spurs Crackdown There’s a simple explanation for China’s abrupt turnabout on freedom of […]
April 14, 2016
April 14, 2016 NEED TO KNOW In Nigeria, a Tale of Two Normals Two years ago today, Boko Haram militants kidnapped 276 […]
April 13, 2016
April 13, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Germans and a Thin-Skinned Dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s critics say he has undermined Turkey’s democracy […]
April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016 NEED TO KNOW A Reversal of Fortunes A few years ago, Brazil was looking forward to the 2014 World […]
April 11, 2016
April 11, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Crumbling from Within Ukraine became the victim in a war two years ago that made clear […]
April 8, 2016
April 8, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Vietnam: No Bold Reforms For New PM Sometimes you need a steady hand on the tiller. […]
April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Tragedy, Overlooked South Sudan deserves better. The plight of the world’s newest country – South Sudan […]
April 6, 2016
April 6, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Panama Papers: One Down… And so it begins. It was only a matter of time before […]
April 5, 2016
April 5, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Bad Joke: Panama Edition It almost sounds like the start of a bad joke: What […]
April 4, 2016
April 4, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Europe's Language of Failure What does “irregular migrant” really mean? To European Union officials, it […]
April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Nuclear Future – a Mixed Bag The more than 50 world leaders who met in Washington on […]
March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Myanmar: Turning the Corner If you are of a certain age, it's easy to recall once-unthinkable […]