Argentina’s alternative economic model churns out loads of critiques of “neoliberal” economic policy, but not much else.

Probably more than most people think.

Boko Haram razed the Nigerian town of Baga, killing up to 2,000 civilians by some estimates. The Islamists now control nearly a whole state in Nigeria’s north.

George Soros has a plan to protect Ukraine’s economy from a perfect storm of threats.

China is making a play in Latin America, helping underwrite the economies of two oil-rich, leftist countries suffering under the reality of plunging global oil prices.

Italy maintains a tenuous political peace, but an impending presidential election threatens to upset the careful negotiations that gave Prime Minister Matteo Renzi the narrowing latitude for political reform that he holds today.

The term “new atheism” gained currency in the early 2000s and is still much discussed. But is it anything but new—and is still a rather childish reflex.

A look around the Caucasus shows that the various constituent countries have drawn vastly different lessons from the crisis in Ukraine.

Christmas is important to Christians because from their point of view the baby Jesus is the meaning of Christmas, and the meaning of Christmas is the meaning of life.

The passport you are born with makes a massive difference to where you can go in this world. It’s a reality for all sorts of valid reasons, but that does not mean it is fair or right.