An oil price shock is the last thing we need.

As countries like Russia, China and Iran—to say nothing of the jihadis—continue to raise their game in attacking the post-Cold War international system, more and more of the countries interested in defending it are simply adrift.

Are we seeing the beginning of an Italian banking crisis?

Even if China doesn’t pull back, Nigeria has a tough road ahead.

Instead of gloating at Boris Johnson’s spectacular flameout and parsing the likelihood of a lasting split in Labour, journalists ought to pay more attention to the drama unfolding in Italy.

It doesn’t work.

One of the under-appreciated tragedies of black history in the United States: blacks often only get to the gravy train when the locomotive is coming to the end of its run.

Scientists are now seeing evidence that the hole in the ozone layer is healing. Here’s what that means for the fight against climate change.

Let’s rein in the American Bar Association cartel.

Mongolia is perhaps the country hardest hit by the global commodities collapse.