Outside the Beltway

Early panic over the Brexit referendum was an overreaction. It’s time for statesmanship.

The wave of Ramadan attacks continues, including a strike near the second holiest site in Islam.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

A third major ISIS-inspired or planned attack in three weeks.

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

As with each previous committee that investigated the 2012 attack on the U.S outpost in Benghazi, the House Select Committee finds that mistakes were made but no evidence of wrongdoing or cover-ups.

The final major piece of the negotiations between the FARC and the Colombian government appears to be in place.

Given the consequences of a Brexit, one wonders why the referendum didn’t require more than just a simple majority to pass.

Is Scotland next?

A British political scientist lays out some of the political and institutional factors that will be relevant going forward.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

Stopping the next Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Syed Farook, or Omar Mateen is likely to be a lot more difficult than the politicians on either side of the aisle are leading us to believe.

With just over a week to go, the latest polling shows voters in the United Kingdom leaning toward leaving the European Union.

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

On his trip to Hanoi, President announced the latest sign that the Vietnam War is finally something both nations have manged to put behind them.

If Colombia makes peace, the post-conflict era will be rife with challenges.

A journalistic legend has passed away just days after his retirement was officially announced.

An EgyptAir jetliner with 66 on board disappeared from radar just before beginning its decent into Cairo.

Paul Ryan takes himself out of contention as a potential Republican nominee.

One down. How many more to go?

Should we treat terrorists as trolls?

To the surprise of many, Russia’s President announced that Russia would begin winding down its six month old intervention in Syria.

More saber rattling from Pyongyang.

The U.S. is poised to send troops to the front lines of yet another war we have no reason to be involved in.

Two more Republican Governors endorse Donald Trump.

Can anything restrain the North Koreans besides direct action by China? That’s unclear, but the new round of sanctions pending at the U.N. seem unlikely to accomplish much of anything.

The President has another plan to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It’s as likely to be well-received on Capitol Hill as all of his other previous plans on this issue.

The futility of US policy towards Cuba is obvious to anyone who gives it even a passingly objective assessment.

The godfather of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine has passed.

Another step forward with regard to the American-Cuban relationship.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

China’s economy is still growing, but it’s most recently reported growth rate is slower than the nation has seen in quite some time.

Another hopeful step forward, thanks to diplomacy.