NEED TO KNOW RSVP, Please EUROPEAN UNION Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already resulted in proposals to expand NATO. Now, in a […]

NEED TO KNOW Crimes of Thought RUSSIA Along with other activism to promote democracy and respect for the law in his native […]

NEED TO KNOW Stuck in Neutral SCOTLAND Scotland’s first minister and leader of the ruling Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, wants to […]

NEED TO KNOW The Disappeared RUSSIA/ UKRAINE Russian lawmaker Oleg Morozov of the pro-government United Russia political party, the largest in the […]

NEED TO KNOW Loathed, Loved UNITED KINGDOM When he announced his resignation as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ethics advisor, Lord Christopher […]

NEED TO KNOW The Book of Executioners RUSSIA-UKRAINE Ukrainian prosecutors claim that Russian forces have committed more than 15,000 war crimes while […]

NEED TO KNOW Truth and Consequences RUSSIA Renowned historian Timothy Snyder recently warned in his Substack newsletter that giving Russian President Vladimir […]

NEED TO KNOW All In DENMARK Two important developments in Denmark illustrate the new geopolitical landscape in Europe. Because Danish officials refused […]

NEED TO KNOW Stumbling Ahead UKRAINE The residents of Bucha, the Ukrainian town where Russians allegedly committed some of the worst war […]

NEED TO KNOW Closing the Circle NATO If Finland joins NATO, the Western Alliance will have opened a potential 800-mile-long front in […]

NEED TO KNOW Moving Out NORWAY Norway has become a key supplier of energy as Europe seeks out alternatives to Russian oil […]

NEED TO KNOW The Grim Reaper’s Harvest UKRAINE The Russo-Ukrainian War has now crossed the three-month mark. So far, it’s a stalemate. […]

NEED TO KNOW Cutting Edge, Blunted EUROPEAN UNION American serial entrepreneur Elon Musk’s proposed purchase of social network Twitter has garnered a […]

NEED TO KNOW Payback UKRAINE Officers with Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) recently seized a man in Sloviansk, a city in the country’s […]

NEED TO KNOW All Hot on the Cyber Front RUSSIA On May 9, as Russian soldiers, tanks and other vehicles paraded through […]

NEED TO KNOW The Boogeymen UKRAINE Ukraine’s Azov Battalion started off eight years ago as a group of far-right activists who launched […]

NEED TO KNOW Outsourcing Futures UNITED KINGDOM Hundreds of migrants are crossing the dangerous English Channel to start new lives in Britain […]

NEED TO KNOW Batons and Bucks NORTHERN IRELAND Sinn Fein, with a history as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, […]

NEED TO KNOW No Vacancy POLAND The number of Ukrainian war refugees who have fled to Poland has surpassed the population of […]

NEED TO KNOW Coming Together, Coming Apart UKRAINE It’s been two months since Russia invaded Ukraine to push back against alleged NATO […]

NEED TO KNOW Wanted: Redemption RUSSIA A few years before the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian satirist Vladimir Voinovich imagined a […]

NEED TO KNOW Zeitenwende GERMANY Are homeowners in Frankfurt to blame for the atrocities in Ukraine? Some critics think so. “Vladimir Putin’s […]

NEED TO KNOW On a High Wire TURKEY Turkish leaders have said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is illegal. They have delivered […]

NEED TO KNOW Twilight of the Gods RUSSIA-UKRAINE The island of Jersey, a British territory and tax haven in the English Channel, […]