Outside the Beltway

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

The silly season has commenced a mite early.

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

A possible murder plot in Colombia embedded into a problematic multi-decade narrative.

A blast from the past.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

An unsatisfying first(?) response.

Our last-ditch airstrikes only postpone the inevitable.

Yes, it’s complicated, but it is also time to stop relying on cliches.

President Biden has a second chance to do the right thing.

Iran’s top nuclear facility is offline again.

Stenography is not journalism.

It’s easy if you try.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

History has been made in more than one way.

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

Pondering lack of US interest in our friends to the south.

The President didn’t want to hear about bad behavior from Moscow, so he wasn’t told.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

Looking back to a story from 2018.

Speaking of xenophobia.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

More on presidential nonsense with a brief diversion into blogging philosophy.

A bold new plan for security in the Middle East.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has decided against running for Senator Kansas, decision that could force the GOP to defend an otherwise safe seat.

In response to the American assassination of a top General, Iran has announced the end of yet more restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu easily survived a challenge for leadership of the Likud Party.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a challenge for the leadership of the party he’s headed for more than a decade.

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

After a year of controversy and investigation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicated on charges of fraud and bribery.

Blue & White Party Leader Benny Gantz was unable to form a new government, throwing Israel into another political crisis.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

As American forces retreat, Russia and Turkey are dividing up northern Syria like,well,a turkey.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

So far at least, Elizabeth Warren is not doing a good job of articulating her foreign policy positions. That needs to change if she’s going to be a serious candidate.

As the vultures continue to circle above the White House, the President continues to lash out.