Outside the Beltway

After more than thirty years in power, Robert Mugabe is on his way out in Zimbabwe, but that doesn’t mean things will improve.

A Los Angeles reporter says that Minnesota Senator Al Franken groped her and engaged in other inappropriate conduct during a 2006 USO tour.

It appears Russia attempted to influence last year’s Brexit vote in the same manner it did the 2016 election in the United States.

An overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favor of marriage equality in a non-binding referendum. The ball is now in the court of the nation’s legislature to move forward.

President Trump returns home from an Asian trip that wasn’t exactly impressive.

A preemptive attack on North Korea would be illegal, immoral and, most importantly, insane.

Even during an overseas trip, President Trump continues to try to undermine the Russia investigation.

At least some portion of the British public appears to be having some second thoughts about Brexit.

While the President of the United States continues to create chaos, Xi Jinping consolidates his power in China.

America has become involved in conflicts around the world, largely without the knowledge of the American people or the consent of their representatives, and it doesn’t appear that’s going to end anytime soon.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to call a snap election pays off big time.

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

Two Federal Judges have issued orders blocking the latest version of President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban.

Iraqi military forces begin to crack down against Iraqi Kurds after last month’s independence referendum.

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

Donald Trump continues to be as astoundingly ignorant about the most powerful weapons the U.S. military possesses as he was as a candidate.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

Tensions continue to rise between the White House and Foggy Bottom.

Donald Trump is undermining his own Secretary of State’s efforts on North Korea, and he doesn’t seem to care.

The U.S is joining the rest of the world in refusing to recognize the independence referendum conducted by Iraqi Kurds.

Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.

Progress in Saudi Arabia, but there’s still a long way for this backward, discriminatory society to go.

Kurds in Iraq voted overwhelmingly for independence in a non-binding referendum, and the result is threatening to create a new conflict in the Middle East.

The Trump Administration has issued a new travel ban to replace the temporary one that expired late last week, but it still suffers from most of the same defects as its initial efforts.

Angela Merkel was re-elected to a fourth term as German Chancellor as expected, but voters also sent a warning.

Commerce Department figures report a measurable drop in international travel to the United States since the start of 2017.

In a marked departure from previous American Presidents, Donald Trump delivered a highly belligerent speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

The London subway was hit by a bomb during the morning rush hour. Authorities are treating it as a terrorist attack.

The Trump Administration’s effort to impose sanctions against North Korea suffered a significant defeat in the United Nations Security Council.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

A key step in the Colombian peace process.

Trump isn’t going to win any regional popularity awards in LA.

More provocative action from North Korea, and another reminder that there are no easy answers to the problems represented by the Kim regime.

At least thirteen dead in an apparent terrorist attack in Spain.

The people who would most immediately be impacted by a war on the Korean peninsula don’t seem quite so concerned. Perhaps we should take a cue from them.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

The President has endorsed a bill that would cut legal immigration in half.

Vice-President Pence is advocating the admission of Georgia into NATO. That would be a bad idea.

Another escalation on the Korean peninsula.

When the Kremlin Says ‘Adoptions,’ It Means ‘Sanctions’