Need to Know
Hosted by John Milewski · Wilson Center
4.3from 18 ratings
- 144
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 18
- Ratings
- 2019
- First episode
- 29M
- YouTube views
About Need to Know
The Need To Know podcast is a production of the Office of Congressional Relations at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Each episode we will bring our nonpartisan research to life through interviews with experts and practitioners covering the world. Our goal is to bring the best independent research, open dialogue and actionable ideas to congressional staff, policy makers, and anyone else who needs to know.
- Publisher
- Wilson Center
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Aug 2019
- Latest episode
- 28 Mar 2025
Latest episodes
4 of 144 episodes have a transcript.
28 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Myanmar’s Junta and the 2026 Elections: A Fig Leaf for Legitimacy?
16 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
Canada’s New Leader: Mark Carney Steps In Amid US Tensions
7 Mar 2025TRANSCRIPT
The Ties That Bind: The Status of the Transatlantic Partnership after Germany's Elections
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Myanmar’s Junta and the 2026 Elections: A Fig Leaf for Legitimacy?
Published 28 Mar 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Additionally, I think Myanmar gets slotted into this idea that this is long -running conflict, this is more of the same, you know, that kind of view, but I think that's very wrong. I actually think this is one incredibly strategically significant, including for the US, and that's largely because, you know, as we move towards the end of Pacific, as we increase, you know, our attention on the region to compete with China, Myanmar suddenly becomes very important, especially in Southeast Asia, as a source of instability and as a place where the Chinese are very interested. So, there's a lot of reasons I think that we should pay more attention, but also, you know, it's a huge place, there's 53 million people or so, and it's, you know, a source of regional instability that I think if we could somehow resolve it and address that, that the root causes of this instability, that would really benefit US interests. […]
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- Lucas Myers
- Xavier Delgado
- Robin Quinville
- Benjamin Gedan
- Lila Abed
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- YouTube views
- 29,024,944
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.4 / 5
- 13 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.2 / 5
- 5 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 84
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