Outside the Beltway

North Korea’s latest provocations may be testing the patience of their patrons in Beijing.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Some interesting developments in Pyongyang.

With the Supreme Court’s decision imminent, many supporters of the PPACA are starting to second guess the Obama Administration’s legal strategy.

The largest group of immigrants to the United States doesn’t come from south of the border anymore.

Another round of threats from North Korea.

There’s a big hole in the latest sanctions against Iran.

Jim Yong Kim is an impressive man. But he’s got no background in banking, finance, or economics.

Over the last decade-plus of war, the US Army has relaxed its promotion and retention standards for commissioned and non-commissioned officers. As we transition into peacetime, the pendulum is swinging the other direction.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

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.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

President Obama ended the tradition of native costumes for the APEC Summit.

Barack Obama wrote two bestselling memoirs before becoming president. Both of them are hot items at Foggy Bottom.

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

Mitt Romney’s jobs plan is detailed, but it doesn’t seem to be impressing anyone.

My latest piece for The Atlantic, “Is the U.S.-European Relationship Really in Decline?” is posted.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of foreign adventurism. Why aren’t our political candidates reflecting that?

44 Republican Senators have already pledged to filibuster John Bryson’s nomination as Commerce secretary.

A few thoughts/historical examples, as to why I am guarded in my optimism on Egypt.

European subsidies have given Airbus a competitive advantage over America’s Boeing in commercial aircraft salesboein. The reverse is true on military aircraft.

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

A capsule look at the world situation as 2010 draws to a close.

Sarah Palin waded into the foreign policy pool today with a piece about Iran, and it was about as empty as most of the other ideas on Iran that we’ve heard over the last six years or so from everyone else.