July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016 NEED TO KNOW No BoJo Means No With former London Mayor Boris Johnson, aka BoJo, out of the race […]
June 30, 2016
June 30, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Duterte Show Goes Live Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated Thursday as president of the Philippines following […]
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Taking a Step Back? When the North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994, it […]
June 28, 2016
June 28, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Lessons From Victory It took a month but Iraqi forces with the aid of the United […]
May 16, 2016
NEED TO KNOW Duterte’s Balancing Act The United States could be out of an ally when Rodrigo Duterte takes over as president […]
May 13, 2016
NEED TO KNOW After Rousseff, More Turmoil for Brazil? Brazil’s first woman president abandoned the presidential palace Thursday morning. But the impeachment […]
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Iraq: Who's in Control? In Iraq, there are many people with many grievances: Protestors in the […]
May 12, 2016
May 12, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Iraq: Who's in Control? In Iraq, there are many people with many grievances: Protestors in the […]
May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Burundi and Rwanda: Trouble Again The specter of conflict between the African nations of Burundi and […]
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 NEED TO KNOW New Act in Greek Drama The never-ending drama over Greece's public finances entered another phase over […]
May 9, 2016
May 9, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Orwellian Pursuit of 'The Other' An economics professor on his way to deliver a lecture […]
May 6, 2016
May 6, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Panama Papers: More to Come The journalists behind the Panama Papers exposé of offshore tax havens […]
May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Irrepressible Egyptians Five years ago, most of the world was caught off-guard after hundreds of […]
May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016 NEED TO KNOW India's Stubborn Rape Culture In India, it's unfortunately an all-too-common scenario: A brutal rape. A gruesome […]
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 – […]