Will He Stay or Will He Go?
NEED TO KNOW CUBA Will He Stay or Will He Go? Just before Christmas, the Cuban government postponed a historic presidential election […]
Battery Power
NEED TO KNOW AUSTRALIA Battery Power Australian rockers AC/DC lost guitarist Malcolm Young in 2017. But DC – or direct current – […]
Virtual Leadership
NEED TO KNOW CATALONIA Virtual Leadership Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont won’t be on hand when the Catalan regional parliament reconvenes Wednesday […]
Splitting Heirs
NEED TO KNOW PERU Splitting Heirs Peru President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski was never going to have an easy time in office. He […]
All My Rowdy Friends
NEED TO KNOW INDIA All My Rowdy Friends In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi snatched victory from the jaws of defeat […]
Do Do That Voodoo
NEED TO KNOW PORTUGAL Do Do That Voodoo As recently as August 2016, pundits warned Portugal might become “Europe’s next economic disaster,” […]
Trade Off
NEED TO KNOW CANADA Trade Off For much of 2017, Canada’s dynamic prime minister was feted as a champion of the globalized […]
A Desperate Choice
NEED TO KNOW LIBYA A Desperate Choice Since the demise of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, Libya, the country the flamboyant leader once […]
Spring Is Not Here
NEED TO KNOW IRAN Spring Is Not Here The sight of thousands of Iranian protesters raising slogans against not only the country’s […]
Clear and Present Danger
NEED TO KNOW POLAND Clear and Present Danger On Nov. 11, 60,000 people marched through Warsaw to celebrate Poland’s independence day. The […]
Left, Right and Center
NEED TO KNOW CHILE Left, Right and Center It’s tempting to see the victory of conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera in Chile’s recent […]
Playing the Angles
NEED TO KNOW NEPAL Playing the Angles Everest-sized changes may be underway in Kathmandu. An alliance of the country’s two communist parties […]
A New Year
NEED TO KNOW WORLD A New Year The international hotspots that garnered headlines in 2017 will still be generating stories in the […]
Looking Back
NEED TO KNOW Looking Back Regimes changed in 2017. A new president entered the White House, with ramifications from North Korea to […]
Deadly Speculation
NEED TO KNOW NORTH KOREA Deadly Speculation Imagine North Korea obliterating Manhattan and other targets in a nuclear strike in March 2019 […]
Speaking Up
NEED TO KNOW CAMEROON Speaking Up The arrest of Cameroonian-American writer Patrice Nganang in Douala earlier this month brought home a conflict […]
All’s Fair…
NEED TO KNOW ARGENTINA All’s Fair… It’s a tossup as to whether Argentine leaders are cleaning house or tearing it down. Earlier […]
Biscuits, Grits and Blessings
Dear Readers, Today is Christmas Day in America, and we are taking a respite from the world’s troubles and, instead, offering a […]
The Orchid Revolution
NEED TO KNOW HONDURAS The Orchid Revolution Could unrest in Honduras spark a political revolution like the Arab Spring? That’s the question […]
For the Sake of Us
NEED TO KNOW CONGO For the Sake of Us Start a discussion about ecosystems that are vital to the Earth’s survival and […]
The Georgian Offender
NEED TO KNOW UKRAINE The Georgian Offender Even as they wage war against each other, Ukrainian and Russian leaders agree on one […]
The Perils of Justice
NEED TO KNOW INDONESIA The Perils of Justice Complaints of a stomach bug didn’t stop an Indonesian court from indicting Setya Novanto, […]
The Quagmire
NEED TO KNOW SYRIA The Quagmire It’s hard to tell whether they’re coming or going in Syria. The US has declared victory […]
He’s Back
NEED TO KNOW ITALY He’s Back Silvio Berlusconi was recently defending his record on women’s issues during an interview with one of […]