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 NEED TO KNOW Iraq: Who's in Control? In Iraq, there are many people with many grievances: Protestors in the […]

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 NEED TO KNOW New Act in Greek Drama The never-ending drama over Greece's public finances entered another phase over […]

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 NEED TO KNOW Panama Papers: More to Come The journalists behind the Panama Papers exposé of offshore tax havens […]

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 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 NEED TO KNOW A Vital, Difficult Ally Idriss Deby, the newly re-elected president of Chad, is one ally the […]

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 NEED TO KNOW Bangladesh: Trolls and Heroes Take a look at your Facebook page. Maybe you made a snarky […]

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 NEED TO KNOW Peace for South Sudan? Warring factions in South Sudan stepped closer to a lasting peace than […]

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 NEED TO KNOW Obama Pivots Back Known for his agility on the basketball court, US President Barack Obama has […]

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 NEED TO KNOW The Forgotten War It's one of the deadliest conflicts in the world, and yet it's overlooked. […]

April 20, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Talking, Not Listening The ceasefire in the Syrian civil war lasted for around six weeks – […]