Outside the Beltway

Another huge blow against Iranian’s regional strategy.

Peace, for a time.

A massive follow-up to the exploding communications devices.

A bold strike that threatens to escalate a regional war.

Two related questions.

Netanyahu is defying the international community.

But probably won’t.

The game of tit-for-tat continues.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

Israel and Iran’s proxies are on a collision course.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

What does “complete victory” look like?

A roundup of news and opinon.

The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war sees a re-escalation.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

A post about thinking in a comparative way.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

An unsavory practice that’s mostly legal.

Some light fundraising whilst waiting for mum to die.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Another potential deal that doesn’t address the central issue.

The real crime is what’s legal.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

More brutality from an ostensible US ally.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

The fecklessness of U.S. human rights policy in full display.

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos alone have lost $15 billion in net worth since January.

There are two theories, neither of them good.

The chief diplomat of the United States isn’t very diplomatic (nor informative).

An American drone strike has taken out the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a move likely to significantly increase tensions across the Middle East.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Five men have been sentenced to die by a Saudi Arabian court for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, but the parties who are really responsible are getting off scot-free.

Questions linger after a shooting leaves three people and the shooter dead in an incident at one of the nation’s largest Naval facilities.

President Trump has put his son-in-law in charge of building the border wall.

Donald Trump’s pardons of soldiers convicted of war crimes sends the wrong message to the military, to our allies, and to the world.

The fifth Democratic debate brought some candidate clashes, but hardly the no-holds-barred type of event you might expect for this late in the pre-primary process.

Against the advice of his top military advisers, President Trump has cleared three American soldiers of war crimes, sending a horrible signal to the world and to the troops in the field.

So far at least, Elizabeth Warren is not doing a good job of articulating her foreign policy positions. That needs to change if she’s going to be a serious candidate.

The same Republicans who were outraged over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server are silent about the use of private apps by Trump officials.

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

It’s been one year since Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, never to be seen in public again. We are no closer to justice in his case than we were a year ago.