Outside the Beltway

He’s getting tired of all the winning.

It’s certainly looking that way.

Another one bites the dust.

A requiem for something lost.

Nineteen minutes. Zero answers.

The Art of the Deal in action.

An IR theory that is often misapplied in my view (especially by certain kinds of practitioners).

Little Marco has come a long way.

The nature of war does not change; only its character.

Trump’s love of the unilateral is on display with serious consequences.

An oft-misunderstood legal principle.

The biggest reform in generations is being proposed.

A childhood friend claims he had PTSD from his actions.

Restricting those who report on the Pentagon.

Can Democrats do anything?

The preliminary DIA assessment has been leaked.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

Who could have known?

A natural evolution in American foreign policy, albeit a concerning one.

The fall of the Assad regime is the end of the beginning.

Another step closer to a regional war.

A Congressionally-mandated report finds “reasonable” evidence but acknowledges limitations.

War crime does pay.

Two related questions.

But humans made all the decisions that matter.

The Netanyahu government has few friends.

A long overdue strengthening of a key alliance.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

Tehran-backed forces are routinely shooting at American forces.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

A high-stakes move.

A roundup of news and opinon.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

Not Mayberry. Not even close.

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

Their case is less than persuasive.

For years, American troops fought a ‘forever war’ to delay the inevitable. It’s now coming.

The southern one.

It’s easy if you try.

It’s easy to mismanage what we don’t have to see.

The founder of Small Wars Journal passed Saturday.