Outside the Beltway

Has the calculus of either side changed?

A small, conscript-driven military has very different training and doctrine than ours.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

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

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

An unconvincing column from an old pro.

Trump is still in the GOP driver’s seat.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

A blast from the past.

Conservatives have lost it one generation at a time.

He was both the youngest and oldest man to run the Pentagon.

The answer seems simple but it isn’t.

Amazon is using its dominant position to shut down a right-wing social platform.

Not of governance.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

It’s not clear what has been achieved.

A new report details the extent to which the eighteen-year Afghanistan War has been marked by mistakes, and lies by the government to cover-up the fact that we went to war without a clear understanding of what we were doing.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.

As the Turkish invasion of northern Syria continues, Donald Trump responds with basically nothing.

The United States is withdrawing its small force from Northern Syria, clearing the way for a Turkish invasion that will likely
aim to wipeout the Kurdish forces in the region.

Just days before he repeatedly pressured the President of Ukraine to reopen a closed investigation involving the son of former Vice-President Biden, President Trump suspended military aid that had been authorized by Congress.

Eighteen years after it started, the American public seems to be mostly ignoring the war in Afghanistan. But that isn’t an excuse for not bringing it to an end.

The latest in the wars against liberalism.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg laid out his foreign policy platform in a speech this week. It’s certainly an improvement over the current President.

The U.S. military will no longer release reports regarding the success, or failure, of the current strategy in Afghanistan.

President Trump has lost another one of his top advisers on the fight against ISIS.

Tuesday’s election results were a defeat for the progressive effort to remake the Democratic Party in their image.

President Trump took to Twitter this morning and decided poke a stick in the eye of the Russian bear.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

President Trump seems intent on walking away from the nuclear deal with Iran. If he does, he’ll be handing a gift to Iran and harming American national interests significantly.

Some thoughts about why the president’s remarks on immigration are so problematic.

The capital of the purported caliphate declared by ISIS has apparently fallen, but that doesn’t mean the end of ISIS. In fact, it may make the group more dangerous.

Catalonia’s independence referendum is one day away, and nobody seems to know what to expect.

America’s longest war seems likely to soon turn into America’s never-ending war.

President Trump’s Afghanistan policy sounds awfully familiar, and it’s likely to lead to the same results.

President Trump’s reaction to the terror attack in Spain included an easily debunked lie about one of America’s most decorated Generals.

Trump appears to undervaluing existing bureaucracies listening more to hacks and ideologues.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

While vigilance is called for, America will survive Donald Trump just as it has survived everything else we’ve faced since the nation’s founding.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

American forces will continue to stay in Afghanistan well after Barack Obama leaves office thanks to a new policy announced today.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.