Outside the Beltway

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

Some thoughts on the ongoing situation in Egypt.

The complicated issues surrounding U.S. aid to Egypt.

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

There is either a military government or an Islamist one in Egypt’s future.

Words don’t always mean what you think they mean.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

While the military was ousting Egypt’s democratically elected president, the US Secretary of State was on his yacht.

Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.

Military coups used to be far more common than they are today.

Egyptians celebrated last night, but the future is far from clear.

if reports are to be believed, there is a coup d’etat underway in Egypt.

Yesterday saw some of the biggest protests ever to rock Egypt. Where does it go from here?

The Egyptian military appears to be signalling that its patience for political chaos may be running short.

As if the region didn’t have enough problems.

Turkey has had along and ongoing struggle with democratic consolidation.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

Arming the Syrian rebels may do nothing more than prolong a seemingly endless war, and pull the United States into a conflict it shouldn’t be involved in.

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans oppose American military intervention in Syria’s civil war.

The notion that guns prevent tyranny is based on fantasy and movies, not reality.

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

Recent comments from Russian officials suggest that the nation may be preparing to cut its longtime ally loose.

They are playing the game without rules in Egypt.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be heading in one unfortunate direction.

Without question, Barack Obama won the foreign policy debate in the 2012 campaign.

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