Outside the Beltway

Two years ago, Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were killed in a plane crash in Russia. A new report has “traces of explosives” in the debris.

One of the few areas of disagreement was how big our military should be.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

American politicians are using China as a scapegoat for America’s problems.

President Obama is keeping the conflict in Syria at arms length. That’s a good idea.

The worst elements among the Syrian rebels seem to be the ones getting the arms.

My latest for The National Interest, “Why NATO Should Have Won the Nobel,” is out.

The argument that the United States should start assisting the rebellion in Syria has many flaws.

One of Mitt Romney’s own supporters didn’t like his foreign policy speech very much.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

Turkey’s military has attacked Syria several times since Syrian forces shelled a Turkish village.

Iran’s currency has collapsed and there are riot police in the streets of Teheran. It appears the sanctions may just be working after all.

22 years ago today, I was battalion duty officer for the 1/27 Field Artillery in Babenhausen in what, a few hours earlier, was West Germany.

Where’s the beef?

Questions about why the Obama administration pretended the attacks on our Embassy in Libya were a spontaneous reaction to a video rather than a coordinated terrorist attack are gaining steam.

Because some things are worth reinforcing.

My latest for The New Republic, “America’s Scandalous Drone War Goes Unmentioned in the Campaign,” is out.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

My latest for The National Interest, “Insanity on the Iran Question,” posted last evening.

President Obama’s remarks before the United Nations were, at least in one particular part, disappointing.

Thirty four years later, Egyptians are hinting they want to make changes to the first peace treaty between Israel and an Arab nation.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

The President’s poll lead has shrunk, but there are still signs of trouble for Mitt Romney.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

The reported Romney “reboot” doesn’t look very impressive.

The Romney campaign infighting is becoming public.

The Romney campaign’s critique of the President’s foreign policy record is weak, and based on bad history.