Sanctions, falling oil prices, and poor structural economic policy point to a bad year.

Is Francis greening? As well as moving to the Left? I’m beginning to worry.

Is it right that Paris gets a mass rally while Boko Haram’s slaughter of thousands in Nigeria merits hardly a shrug? No. But it’s the response Paris and Nigeria both deserve. This is what civilization looks like.

Public irreligion in France, from the 16th century to Charlie Hebdo.

The second part of our series on global power in 2015. This time: the aspiring powers, the regional hegemons, the has-beens and the wanna-bes.

Probably more than most people think.

Qatar may have dialed back its support for Islamist movements, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be best friends again with Egypt and the Gulf states.

A group of American-Jewish leftists is imitating the BDS movement in an attempt to put a right-wing Israeli position beyond the pale. It’s inexcusable—and dangerous to civil society.

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.

Under Xi, China is moving to the left, and Maoists are thrilling at the development. This is no accident: Xi is rolling out a very clever plan for China’s future, and his own.