Outside the Beltway

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

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

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.

Is there a Romney Doctrine?

Mitt Romney is proposing one of the biggest peacetime increases in military spending in U.S. history.

Is the world ready for a post-Kim North Korea?

Does the Romney campaign know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore? Of course they do, but the language they use still means something.

The arrival of Discovery in Washington D.C. has led to another lament about “national greatness.”

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

In reality, it probably doesn’t,

Russia is the most significant geopolitical player actively opposing significant American interests.

Mitt Romney called Russia our “number one geopolitical foe.” Is he right?

For a change, President Obama and not one the Republican contenders to replace him has gotten into trouble for accidentally speaking the truth.

Russia may be getting more involved in the Syrian conflict.

Is the rhetoric in the war of words between the U. S. and Iran ratcheting up?

The differences between the parties when it comes to Iran are far less substantial than the candidate’s rhetoric would suggest.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Wait until you hear about Newt Gingrich’s new out of this world idea.

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

The problem with Europe may not be the Euro, but the fact that there really aren’t any Europeans.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

So, what’s next?

Not surprisingly, the last man to lead the Soviet Union believes we’d be better off if it still existed.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

Big news from North Korea.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

We’re hearing the howls of a wounded bear.