NEED TO KNOW Fiddling While… The resignation of US President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Michael Flynn, earlier this week over questions […]

NEED TO KNOW The Lesser Evil As France’s first-round presidential elections in April inch closer, three candidates have emerged. All of them […]

NEED TO KNOW Hello Angry Japanese girls have striven to attain the kawaii, or cute, aura of Hello Kitty since the cartoonish […]

NEED TO KNOW No Exit Frequently overlooked compared to the Syrian civil war and the wider battle against the Islamic State, the […]

NEED TO KNOW The Road to Nowhere Since the 2009 military coup d’état that ousted then-President Manuel Zelaya, Honduras has become one […]

NEED TO KNOW Chutes and Ladders War on the Russian-Ukrainian border has arguably been NATO’s biggest concern in Europe since 2014. On […]

NEED TO KNOW Tug of War With the world focused on the plight of millions of refugees displaced by the Syrian Civil […]

NEED TO KNOW A Wave of Civic Creativity Democracy still works, at least in Romania. On Sunday, Romanian protesters remained on the […]

NEED TO KNOW The Trump Doctrine Last week, when US President Donald Trump issued his order banning refugees, he kicked a hornet’s […]

NEED TO KNOW In the Shadows The countries of Central Asia – think Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan – rarely, […]

NEED TO KNOW Friends and Foes After months of fighting, the Iraqi government declared it had finally retaken control of eastern Mosul […]

NEED TO KNOW R.I.P. TPP With the flick of a pen, US President Donald Trump last week made good on his campaign […]

NEED TO KNOW An Order Heard Round the World As protesters swarmed airports in the United States and foreign permanent residents and […]

NEED TO KNOW Muddling Along Given the chaos engulfing the Arab world, Morocco is remarkably stable. But now the North African kingdom […]

NEED TO KNOW What’s Normal? Russia wants to normalize relations with the United States and Europe. But what’s normal? “We need to […]

NEED TO KNOW Don’t Walk Away Some believe climate change is a Chinese-invented “hoax.” But the country where citizens sometimes can’t see […]

NEED TO KNOW The Mother of Necessity Ethiopians are anxiously watching the price of qat. The mild, green-leaf stimulant is now the […]

NEED TO KNOW Talking or Not The new peace talks to end the Syrian Civil War that began on Monday in the […]

NEED TO KNOW Get Ready Today’s inauguration of President Donald Trump is shaping up as the start to a peculiar era in […]

NEED TO KNOW Gambian Standoff The political crisis in The Gambia has been heralded as a face-off between the forces currently at […]

NEED TO KNOW Bumps and Curves Brazilian politics was a rollercoaster ride for much of last year, culminating in the impeachment of […]

NEED TO KNOW The Last Domino After a tumultuous year that saw voters lash out at Western elites, many believe German Chancellor […]

NEED TO KNOW The Global Imbalance Thoughtful folks should keep in mind a stunning statistic as the world prepares for what is […]

NEED TO KNOW From the Frying Pan As Cuba draws closer to the United States – President Barack Obama on Thursday ended […]