Stephen Paduano

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Gabon, Mozambique, and the Congo are charting a new course for a post-oil world.

His predecessor, Theresa May, also bet on an election to solve her problems—with disastrous results.

The new prime minister is a shape-shifter. Is he going to play the ideologue, or the opportunist?

The precipitous decline of France's Yellow Vest movement—like the sputtering end to Occupy Wall Street—shows why political movements need more than inchoate anger.

She got a lot wrong. But those who fail to consider the impossible hand she was dealt are bound to have unrealistic expectations of her successor.

As the country waits for the prime minister to resign, the Brexit Party is predicted to sweep European Parliament elections, aiming to sabotage the EU before leaving it.

Scottish secession still seems unlikely. But until the 2016 referendum, so did leaving the EU.

Major fumbles have left British leftists ill-equipped to help guide their country.