Outside the Beltway

Remembering a legend on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

The German Parliament has approved expansion of the nation’s involvement in the campaign against ISIS, but that doesn’t make the current campaign any less incoherent.

France’s President has spent the week trying to forge and agreement on an anti-ISIS policy, but the two nations that matter the most also disagree the most.

The news that at least some of the men who were involved in the terrorist attacks in Paris were among the refugees who have arrived in Europe since the summer is likely to complicate an already complicated situation.

It’s easy to see what Greece thinks it still needs Europe, it’s more of puzzle why Europe thinks it needs to hang on to Greece.

Greece reached a new deal with European bankers that seems oddly similar to the one that voters rejected just a week ago.

Greece’s Prime Minister seemed to give in to some of Europe’s demands today, but bankers are continuing to hold to the strict conditions they set last week.

In what seems to be a clear signal to Russia, the U.S. is considering pre-positioning military equipment in nation’s very close to Russian borders.

Largely in reaction to revelations about N,S.A. surveillance, Germany has cut back on its intelligence cooperation with the United States.

A new poll finds that a majority of Germans support sanctions against Russia, even if those sanctions end up hurting the German economy.

Vladimir Putin’s latest actions seems to have exhausted Germany’s patience.

Newly released documents reveal that Henry Kissinger wanted to attack Cuba in the mid-1970s.

Despite the President’s assurances of an international coalition, the rest of the world doesn’t seem all that interested in joining the fight.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

There’s a new round of allegations about American spying on Germany.

A piece at Foreign Policy provides a chance to give some thought to institutions.

How long should we expect people to work?

A century later, the shots fired in Sarajevo 100 years ago still echo.

Not surprisingly, Bill Clinton is the most admired recent President according to a new poll, but his predecessor seems to be underrated.

There’s little evidence for the conservative contention that the President has damaged America’s position in the world.

It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

NATO seems intent on sending a signal to Vladmir Putin that there are limits to his patience.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

As everyone anticipated, the Crimean referendum came out in favor of secession from Ukraine and union with Russia. What happens next is another question entirely.

My first piece for The Hill, “Crimea is not Armageddon,” posted this morning.

Veteran newsman Garrick Utley has died from prostate cancer at the age of 74.

In case you needed a further reason to dismiss Jerome Corsi (and some general thoughts on what Corsi represents).

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

The latest revelations about National Security Agency surveillance outside the United States have caused quite an uproar overseas.

We’re almost certainly going to launch punitive strikes against Syria. They’ll almost certainly be ineffective.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

Under German law, this ceremony, which Jews believe dates from the time of Abraham, is now illegal.