In an earlier era, rampaging monks sought to create the Christian equivalent of the ISIS caliphate.

From small island nations to the Middle East’s major powers, water stress is a severe challenge for many countries.

The Venezuela opposition win is both astonishing & unsurprising. It’s not an unqualified good result.

The past, present and future of plastic production.

The homegrown attacks in the U.S. and Europe have more in common with secular mass shooters than with Mideast jihad.