Outside the Beltway

Today Colombians got to the polls to vote in a plebiscite on the FARC peace accord.

The reputation of the US matters in global affairs.

A new report concludes that Malaysia Air Flight 17 was brought down by a missile brought into Ukraine from Russia.

The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to end fighting in Syria, but it seems unlikely to succeed given that it doesn’t involve the parties actually doing the fighting.

North Korea continues to advance its nuclear program but it’s unclear what anyone can do about it.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

A high-level French Court has struck down the ban on the so-called ‘burkini’ adopted by many towns along the French Riviera.

For largely irrational reasons, French police are arresting women on the beach for wearing swimsuits that are compatible with their faith.

A true, albeit largely anonymous, hero of humanity has passed away.

A majority of her non-government visitors coincidentally donated to her nonprofit.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

Donald Trump started out his campaign by telling us that the American dream is dead, and he returned to those dark and pessimistic themes in his acceptance speech last night.00

A night of terror mars Bastille Day celebrations in France.

A quick succession of events this morning means that Theresa May will become Britain’s Prime Minister far sooner than anticipated.

Regardless of the outcome of the Conservative Party’s leadership race, the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom will be a woman.

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.