Outside the Beltway

What we know a day later.

The Israeli military says they got their man after years of intelligence collection.

The leading scholar on the subject dissents.

Taliban Edition

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

My thoughts on what we know now.

A massive Israeli operation. To what end?

This time: Aurora, CO.

Where’s my $400,000 a month contract?

Massive numbers are taking to the streets in protest.

Israeli forces recovered their bodies.

Another step closer to a regional war.

A bold reversal of fortunes. For now.

Too many! Too few!

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

* if you are an African parasite

The fight has now expanded to a third front.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

UK 2024 edition.

The war cabinet is gone. He now owns the war completely.

His party got destroyed in EU elections, so he’s doubling down.

The moderates are gone.

Joy of four returned safe is mixed with the reality of scores of dead Palestinians.

The world’s largest democracy just became more democratic.

Voters in Mexico, India, and South Africa are making their voices heard.

The President declares Hamas “no longer capable” of large-scale attack.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

The Russian autocrat is emboldened.

The UN body cites violation of the Genocide Convention.

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

A shocking development amidst regional turmoil.

It’s more than competition but less than war.

The Israeli government has no plan. Its defense minister does.

Are we avoiding facing hard truths?

He’s ratcheted up what Trump started but also shifted focus.

The release of a second set of figures has created a lot of hyperbole.

An interesting analysis by The Economist.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

Is Rafah the breaking point?

There is no obvious better state of the peace acceptable to both parties.

War crime does pay.

Neither side is willing to give up on its war aims just yet.

A minor gaffe is overshadowing a more complicated story.

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

And you might ask yourself: “how did we get here?”