Outside the Beltway

Will ISIS be able to consolidate and hold the territory it’s taken in Iraq?

It’s sure beginning to look like a civil war in Iraq, albeit a rather one sided one at the moment.

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

Things only seem to be getting worse in Iraq.

Yet another autiobiography invites public discussion about her accomplishments.

The President’s second speech to the Corps of Cadets is a vast improvement over the first.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

Hubris.

Not every tragedy can be resolved with a military response.

The last known case of smallpox happened in 1977. Is it time to destroy the virus?

A new poll indicates that most Americans don’t want to see the United States intervening overseas.

The removal of chemical weapons from Syria is nearly complete. Does Obama deserve credit for that?

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

Americans are skeptical about getting involved in the Ukraine crisis. This isn’t a surprise.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

Russian invasion or legitimate secessionist movement? And does it matter?

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

Most Americans now see America’s decade of war as a failure.

After eight years in a coma, Ariel Sharon has passed away.

The Iraqis need to learn to govern themselves, and conservatives blaming President Obama for renewed violence need a history lesson.

If you’re still not convinced that we lost the war in Iraq, this should settle the argument.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

The “good war” no more.

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

A new poll finds the American public far less supportive of the idea of the U.S. as the world’s policeman.

The Generic Congressional Ballot has shifted again, but how long will this trend last?

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Robert Kagan warns of “a changing world order.” But he’s grasping at rather thin straws.

A majority of Americans now disapprove of President Obama’s performance and a whopping 70 percent think the country is moving in the wrong direction.

The Syrian regime has declared its ability to make chemical weapons destroyed.

The latest revelations about National Security Agency surveillance outside the United States have caused quite an uproar overseas.