Outside the Beltway

A controversial member of George W. Bush’s foreign policy team is up for a post in Donald Trump’s State Department.

For Donald Trump, it appears that ignorance is bliss.

Political change coming to Germany? Or more of the same.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

One professor is suggesting that Bernie Sanders played a role in 2016 similar to the one that Ralph Nader did in 2000. It doesn’t pass even cursory examination.

A surprising name is emerging as the likely pick for the nation’s top diplomatic position.

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

It has become necessary to destroy the party in order to save it.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

Last night’s debate, sadly, lived down to my expectations.

Donald Trump appears to be pushing voters from America’s fastest growing minority group into the Democratic camp.

The United States and Russia have reached an agreement to end fighting in Syria, but it seems unlikely to succeed given that it doesn’t involve the parties actually doing the fighting.

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson doesn’t get much national press attention, and it doesn’t help when he flubs an answer like he did this morning.

John McCain is bidding for a sixth term in office, with a challenge from the right in tomorrow’s primary and Donald Trump at the top of the ticket in November.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that the election is “over,” because it isn’t.

President Obama’s ISIS policy has been far from perfect, but to call him a “Founder” of ISIS is to ignore both history and reality.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.

American forces will continue to stay in Afghanistan well after Barack Obama leaves office thanks to a new policy announced today.

The wave of Ramadan attacks continues, including a strike near the second holiest site in Islam.

A third major terrorist attack inside of a week.

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

Voters in the United Kingdom are headed to the polls in a vote that will have widespread consequences.

Stopping the next Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Syed Farook, or Omar Mateen is likely to be a lot more difficult than the politicians on either side of the aisle are leading us to believe.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

Donald Trump has insinuated that President Obama is not fighting the War On Terror aggressively because he somehow identifies with terrorists.

A respected scholar has an interesting suggestion for fighting the Forever War.

The walk backs begin.

A treasure trove of documents from a law firm in Panama could prove problematic for a large group of international leaders.

A series of bomb attacks across Brussels has left at least 26 dead, and dozens more injured.

To the surprise of many, Russia’s President announced that Russia would begin winding down its six month old intervention in Syria.

The U.S. is poised to send troops to the front lines of yet another war we have no reason to be involved in.

Britons will go to the polls in June to decide the future of their country’s relationship with the rest of Europe.

One week before the South Carolina Primary, the remaining Republican candidates for President clashed in a headed debate.

American forces will be deployed to a combat area in southern Afghanistan, reversing current policy and calling the President’s promised withdrawal date into even further doubt.

With the Vermont Senator holding a seemingly insurmountable lead in New Hampshire, Bernie Sanders and HIllary Clinton clashed last night in their most contentious debate yet.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

Another hopeful step forward, thanks to diplomacy.

Ten American sailors detained by Iranian forces late Tuesday were released early today, something that seems to clearly demonstrate the value of diplomacy.

The execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric has led to a rapid deterioration of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

A five minute segment on the O’Reilly Factor clearly underscores how intertwined he is in secular politics.

If you were looking for evidence that the race for the Democratic nomination is basically over, you need look no further than last night’s Democratic Debate.

Donald Trump loves the fact that he’s being praised by an autocratic dictator.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had some praise for Donald Trump of all people.

Donald Trump displays some appalling ignorance about an important part of America’s military, but his supporters are unlikely to care.

Why hasn’t anyone else thought of this?

Heading into another Presidential debate, a new poll shows that Republicans are very receptive to Donald Trump’s proposal to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S.