April 13, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Germans and a Thin-Skinned Dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s critics say he has undermined Turkey’s democracy […]

April 12, 2016 NEED TO KNOW A Reversal of Fortunes A few years ago, Brazil was looking forward to the 2014 World […]

April 11, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Crumbling from Within Ukraine became the victim in a war two years ago that made clear […]

April 8, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Vietnam: No Bold Reforms For New PM Sometimes you need a steady hand on the tiller. […]

April 7, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Tragedy, Overlooked South Sudan deserves better. The plight of the world’s newest country – South Sudan […]

April 6, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Panama Papers: One Down… And so it begins. It was only a matter of time before […]

April 5, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Bad Joke: Panama Edition It almost sounds like the start of a bad joke: What […]

April 4, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Europe's Language of Failure What does “irregular migrant” really mean? 
 To European Union officials, it […]

April 1, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Nuclear Future – a Mixed Bag The more than 50 world leaders who met in Washington on […]

March 31, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Myanmar: Turning the Corner If you are of a certain age, it's easy to recall once-unthinkable […]

March 30, 2016 NEED TO KNOW EgyptAir Hijacking: Time for Jokes An airplane was hijacked and the craziest thing happened – people […]

March 29, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Pakistan: Selective Targets When did it so specifically become a war on children? Two decades ago, […]

March 28, 2016 WANT TO KNOW Does Brussels smell different? Almost a week after the terror attack, a local resident of the […]

March 25, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Fighting Terror: Glass Half Full Sometimes, it's just easier to look at the positive side first. […]

March 24, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Argentina: Leftover Dinner Call it “dancing with the pols.” In their version of ping-pong diplomacy, America’s […]

March 23, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Terror: Europe’s New Normal Beating the Islamic State (IS) – at least in the ground war […]

March 22, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Obama in Cuba: Not US and Them OK, so it was awkward. The first visit by […]

March 21, 2016 NEED TO KNOW   US and Cuba – Playing Ball Imagine this: Welcome signs with the faces of presidents […]

March 18, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Brazil: Lula Or Bust For Brazil’s beleaguered president, it’s Lula or bust. Supporters of President Dilma […]

March 17, 2016 NEED TO KNOW European Refugees – Passing the Buck European officials desperate for a pat solution to the refugee […]

March 16, 2016 NEED TO KNOW World To Trump: Go Away “Madness” – that was the verdict of Der Spiegel magazine's Donald […]

March 15, 2016 WANT TO KNOW Syria: Hope and Defiance When a ceasefire in Syria was announced last month, an astonishing thing […]

March 14, 2016 NEED TO KNOW The Politics of Fear – Our New Normal? The videos are startling: Flying punches at Trump […]

March 11, 2016 NEED TO KNOW Brazil Authorities Call For Lula’s Arrest Brazil’s ongoing corruption crusade may take everybody down. With the […]