Made In India
NEED TO KNOW INDIA Made In India Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi is facing sedition charges for a small rhyme that refers […]
Of Ironies and Tragedies
NEED TO KNOW IRAQI KURDISTAN Of Ironies and Tragedies Kurds in Iraq voted for independence by a landslide two years ago. Since […]
Carpe Diem
NEED TO KNOW COLOMBIA Carpe Diem President Ivan Duque wanted Colombia to be Latin America’s Silicon Valley. He wanted filmmaking, media, music, […]
Truth on Trial
NEED TO KNOW MALTA Truth on Trial Two years ago, journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia published a blog post about her investigation of […]
Justice Unserved, Justice Denied
NEED TO KNOW SURINAME Justice Unserved, Justice Denied Late last month, a military court in Suriname found the country’s president Desi Bouterse […]
The End of the Beginning
NEED TO KNOW UNITED KINGDOM The End of the Beginning Women standing for seats in the British parliament face threats, intimidation and […]
Disillusioned in the Swamp
NEED TO KNOW PALESTINE Disillusioned in the Swamp After tense negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and the political factions Fatah and Hamas, […]
Cultural Revolution Redux
NEED TO KNOW CHINA Cultural Revolution Redux An Afghan-American teenage girl in New Jersey thought of a novel way to spread the […]
Of Eggs, Tomatoes and Ballots
NEED TO KNOW ALGERIA Of Eggs, Tomatoes and Ballots Protesters in Algeria are throwing tomatoes and eggs at politicians’ campaign headquarters ahead […]
The New Fissure of Terror
NEED TO KNOW BURKINA FASO The New Fissure of Terror The families of American diplomats were ordered out of Burkina Faso recently. […]
Mirror, Mirror
NEED TO KNOW DOMINICA Mirror, Mirror More than 200 people clashed with police in the Caribbean island of Dominica recently. The police […]
Selfies and Tears
NEED TO KNOW ITALY Selfies and Tears There was a poignant irony to a viral video of a tourist falling into the […]
A New, And Contested, Leaf
NEED TO KNOW BOLIVIA A New, And Contested, Leaf Bolivia is sending an ambassador to the United States for the first time […]
A Landslide for Democracy
NEED TO KNOW HONG KONG A Landslide for Democracy Pro-democracy candidates in Hong Kong won nearly 90 percent of the seats in […]
Friends, but not Besties
NEED TO KNOW RUSSIA & CHINA Friends, but not Besties An alliance between China and Russia has long worried American strategists. But […]
Justice, and Forgiveness
NEED TO KNOW GERMANY Justice, and Forgiveness Bruno Dey joined the SS when he was a teenager in Nazi Germany, landing a […]
Something Fishy Going On
NEED TO KNOW NAMIBIA Something Fishy Going On What does an Icelandic fisherman have to do with Namibia’s presidential election? Plenty, it […]
Springing Anew
NEED TO KNOW IRAQ Springing Anew In the years after the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, critics said the US had […]
Who’s In Charge?
NEED TO KNOW GUINEA-BISSAU Who’s In Charge? Guinea-Bissau is arguably a “narco state,” a country where drug money has corrupted every nook and […]
Chipping Away
NEED TO KNOW TANZANIA Chipping Away Local elections on Nov. 24 are quickly becoming a test of whether Tanzania can become a […]
Whack-a-Mole
NEED TO KNOW WORLD Whack-a-Mole The Islamic State was thought to be at a low. The death last month of the extremist […]
Darling Tyrant
NEED TO KNOW RWANDA Darling Tyrant Rwandan President Paul Kagame, in office for almost 20 years, delivered a blunt statement to his […]
A Tsunami of Disenfranchisement
NEED TO KNOW MARSHALL ISLANDS A Tsunami of Disenfranchisement In the 1940s and 1950s, the United States exploded 67 nuclear bombs, conducted […]
The Wizard’s Feint
NEED TO KNOW BELARUS The Wizard’s Feint It’s hard to know whether the Nov. 17 elections to the lower house of parliament […]