Outside the Beltway

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.

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

The killing goes on.

Our limited attention spans.

A roundup of news and opinon.

It is escalating quickly.

The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war sees a re-escalation.

An idea, not a continent.

The tables have turned.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

He is seeking a new regional consensus.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Its economic bubble has burst, which may make them more dangerous.

Our pacing threat is hiring military veterans with special skills.

The abaya is now banned as well.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

The Wagner chief is presumed dead after his plane was shot down.

Xi’s government is taking a drastically different approach to the slowdown.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

The first of a potential three rounds.

Russian war crimes have made a diplomatic settlement next to impossible.

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.