Outside the Beltway

China’s Communist Party has announced a significant change to the nation’s infamous “One Child” policy.

Thanks largely to France, this weekend’s efforts to reach an interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program fell apart.

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Was Arafat poisoned? A new report raises some questions, but answers none of them conclusively.

The economy of the Euro Zone remains in quiet dire straits, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Germany.

The Syrian regime has declared its ability to make chemical weapons destroyed.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

The good folks at The Guardian wonder, “Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?”

If the Syrian civil war is like other civil wars, it’s not ending any time soon.

The U.S. sends a mostly weak signal to the Egyptian military.

The destruction of Syria’s stockpiles will be slow and laborious even if all goes according to script.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

“No More Baby Steps,” my first piece for Defense News, has posted.

Why are chemical weapons a “red line” in a war where so many have been killed?

Bombing Country B to “send a message” to Country A is not a valid argument for bombing Country B.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

Score one for Team Bush?

Reports of Nelson Mandela’s death were premature.

The president’s public dithering on Syria is drawing jeers from friend and foe alike.

Will Congress now take some responsibilty?

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

Presidents have gotten away with ignoring Congress when it comes to foreign military adventures for a very long time.

Humanitarian wars have their own grammar but not their own logic.