Outside the Beltway

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

Bargaining continues amidst poisoning and mass killing.

The Russian leader is very unlikely to be hauled before the Hague.

No casualties, American or otherwise, have been reported.

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

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Pundits like Thomas Friedman struggle with premature prognostication.

The first shoe has dropped.

How do we know when our government is telling us the truth?

The American way of war kills a lot of noncombatants.

A former classmate is going to be one of the US military’s most senior leaders.

A blast from the past.

The law and justice are frequently not the same thing.

President Biden has a second chance to do the right thing.

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

It’s easy if you try.

Tunisia is freer but poorer than it was before Mohamed Bouazizi’s desperate act.

Maybe it’s not going to be Michèle Flournoy after all.

The 46th President’s foreign policy team is taking shape.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

If a global pandemic and economic crisis weren’t enough excitement . . . .

Another milestone has been reached.

President Erdogan is playing a dangerous game.

Because you needed one more thing to worry about.

Moscow helped Trump in 2016. Do they want him back?

Claims by the President and Defense Department about the Iranian response to the Soleimani raid were untrue.

President Trump is making ridiculous threats against the regime in Iraq that are likely to draw it closer to Iran.

President Trump’s threat to attack Iranian cultural sites would most likely constitute a war crime if he actually carried it out.

The assassination of a top Iranian official on a visit to Baghdad is having the expected negative impact on our relationship with Iraq and the fight against ISIS.

Despite Pompeo’s assurances, we are already seeing consequences for the Suleimani killing.

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.

Amid protests over American airstrikes, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has become a target.

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

Having failed to form governments after two successive elections, Israel is headed for a third election inside of a year.

Lindsey Graham faces a potentially interesting challenge in his 2020 re-election bid.

Much like the President they obsequiously defend, Republicans have become useful idiots in Russia’s war on Western liberal democracy.

Earlier this month, Senator Lindsey Graham blocked a bipartisan resolution condemning the Armenian Genocide, Now we know why.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

If President Trump expected to get a political bump from the death of the leader of ISIS, he is most likely going to be disappointed.

John Kelly, President Trump’s former Chief of Staff, is speaking out nearly a year after leaving office

There’s apparently big news in the fight against ISIS.

President Trump’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria isn’t receiving much public support.

As American forces retreat, Russia and Turkey are dividing up northern Syria like,well,a turkey.

ISIS is quickly taking advantage of the abrupt American withdrawal from northern Syria.