Outside the Beltway

The investigation continues, but the consensus seems to be growing that Metrojet 9268 was taken out by a bomb.

America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.

American intelligence officials are saying that a Russian passenger jet that went down over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula was most likely brought down by a bomb.

Republicans have apparently gone insane.

President Obama came to office inheriting the legacy of one unnecessary war, and another that had faded from memory. He will leave office with Iraq and Syria in crisis, Europe uneasy, Yemen and Libya unstable breeding grounds for terrorism, and China doing whatever it is they’re doing.

Another day, another military escalation in the Middle East.

President Obama is reportedly considering a plan that would put American forces much closer to the ground war in the war against ISIS.

The U.S. and Russia have reached a much-needed deal to avoid inadvertent confrontations over the skies of Syria.

In addition to doing everything she needed to do last night, Hillary Clinton also destroyed whatever logic remained for a Joe Biden candidacy.

A Dutch inquiry has largely confirmed what was widely believed about the fate of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

In the wake of failure that could have been easily foreseen, the Obama Administration is ending a program to train so-called “moderate” Syrian rebels.

Missed it by that much.

Your tax dollars at work.

With Russia now launching its own airstrikes in Syria, it’s become obvious that U.S. policy in the Syrian Civil War is irrational and contradictory. And Russia’s policy isn’t any better.

With the exception of Rand Paul, the foreign policy discussion at last night’s debate was about as bad as you’d expect.

The Republican candidates for President took to the stage last night for a debate that seemed to last forever and accomplished nothing.

Senate Democrats successfully blocked a final vote on the Iran Nuclear Deal, meaning that Congressional debate on the matter is effectively over.

President Obama now has enough votes in the Senate, and probably the House, to ensure that Congress cannot block the nuclear deal with Iran.

Congress is set to debate the Iran nuclear deal next month, but as far as Europe is concerned the debate is already over.

My latest for War on The Rocks, “The Inter-Service Wars Are Looking Like Calvinball,” has posted.

Clinton’s wanton disregard for the rules had predictable consequences.

The Iran nuclear deal will probably survive it’s test in Congress in the end, but Chuck Schumer just made the Administration’s job a little more difficult.

President Obama’s confrontational approach to opponents of the Iran Nuclear Deal ignores legitimate questions.

Recent polling has shown the American public to be highly skeptical, at beast, of the Iran Nuclear Deal. That may not be enough to kill it in Congress, though.

The U.N. Security Council has approved the Iranian nuclear deal, and now the ball is in Congress’s court.

Depending on who you listen to, it’s either peace in our time or an epic catastrophe.

Was this simply ordinary intelligence collection? Or something more insidious?

A well-founded fear of ISIS seems to be drawing many of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia closer to Moscow.

Cardinals executives were doing a little more than just stealing signs, apparently.

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.

FIFA’s President surprised everyone today by resigning, but he’s likely to stay in power for as long as another ten months.

If a Russian solider dies, it’s now a secret thanks to a new decree signed by the Russian President.

Several of the top representatives of soccer’s governing body have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in New York.

Voters in Ireland have overwhelmingly approved a referendum legalizing same-sex marriage.

Disturbing developments on the part of the Ukrainian government.

Bill and Hillary Clinton have done quite well for themselves of the speaking circuit.

Final justice, but far from the end of the road.

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

Vaccination has eliminated a disease that used to be a serious threat from the Americas.

The Clinton Foundation’s foreign donations continue to be a problem for the Clinton campaign, and the story isn’t likely to go away any time soon.

Far from being a positive, Hillary Clinton’s time as Secretary of State provides ample material for those who would attack her over the next eighteen months.

Marco Rubio is often described as one of the GOP’s leaders on foreign policy, but a close look reveals a decided lack of substance.

Chinese analysts are telling their American counterparts that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is far more sophisticated than previously believed.

A new report ties undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation to a Russian company’s acquisition of controlling interest in a major uranium mining company.

Conditioning an Iranian nuclear deal on recognition of Israel is foolish, unrealistic, and very bad diplomacy.

An unsurprising outcome as we approach the second anniversary of the bombing at the Boston Marathon.