Outside the Beltway

The right decision, or the triumph of mob rule?

The votes are in. And the outcome is meaningless.

A new book by former SecDef Robert Gates is making political waves in Washington power circles, but will it matter to ordinary Americans?

Score one for Team Bush?

The return of a really bad idea.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

I give it a C+/B- (adequate, passing, nothing exceptional).

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Lindsey Graham: “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

Despite their rhetoric, there would be few differences between a Romney Administration and an Obama Administration when it comes to foreign policy.

Doug Feith’s replacement is prettier and softer spoken.