Outside the Beltway

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

It’s what we do. I mean this is what we do.

The Secretary of Defense has outlined the parameters.

But probably won’t.

The sad joke continues.

A disturbing report.

Further escalation is inevitable.

The US is doing better than peer economies.

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy.

Apparently, Making Germany Great Again is controversial.

The game of tit-for-tat continues.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

A kerfuffle is brewing over the way the United States fights hunger in the global south.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

A chart to ponder.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

Those seeking to escape the global south are facing resistance from DC to London to Paris.

The inevitable has happened.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

The cease-fire will end. What follows is not at all clear.

The trend toward hard-right parties continues.

A bizarre statement by the head of the Roman Catholic church.

Hamas gets rewarded for its crimes.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

Paris is fighting a losing battle over the prominence of their language.

A poll on Israeli support.

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

When the obvious is controversial.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The timing is not auspicious.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Ali Qadhi, who led the terrorist attack on Israel last week, has been killed by the IDF. So have fleeing civilians.

The choice is between competing disasters.