Outside the Beltway

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.

New polling shows that the American public does not support the President and his trade war.

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 said this morning that he’s fine with letting his trade war with the rest of the world continue all the way to the 2020 election.

Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party are on course for a big win in December 12th’s General Election.

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

Trump takes credit for stopping his “friend” Xi from attacking Hong Kong protesters.

He raises a very real problem.

Lock her up?

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.

After more than a year of Trump’s trade war, the trade deficit, which he promised to reduce, has increased.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

Brits will head to the polls for the fourth time in four years with the future of Brexit on the ballot.

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

The UK is being given yet more time to figure out the obvious.

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.

Justin Trudeau lost his majority but will still hold on to power in Canada, the question is how long it will last.

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.

His letter to Erdogan.

Turkish forces advance, American forces retreat, the Kurds seek new allies, and Syria and Russia come out the winners.

Thinking about support for Trump and considering how recent events may influence that support.

With just over two weeks to go until the deadline, the status of Brexit is entirely unclear.

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureate comes from a part of the world that most people almost never think about.

A star NBA general manager may lose his job for expressing American values.

The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.

From manufacturing to trade, the negative impact of Trump’s tariffs is becoming quite apparent.

It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.

An empty column with a seed of one good point buried in a bunch of nothing.

More on rules and how they matter (plus issues of representation).

Just so we all know it isn’t just the US suffering a crisis of leadership…

The real crime is what’s legal.

Jacques Chirac, who served two terms as President of France and was a strong opponent of the Iraq War, has died.

With election results showing his Likud Party falling short of a majority, Benjamin Netanyahu is joining his chief rival in vallsfor a unity government. Getting there would be complicated, though,

Well that didn’t take long.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, already facing a rough re-election battle is now dealing with a blackface controversy.

President Trump has named his fourth National Security Adviser in less than three years.

As many expected, the initial returns from the Israeli elections are too close to call.