Outside the Beltway

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

Turkey has had along and ongoing struggle with democratic consolidation.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

Arming the Syrian rebels may do nothing more than prolong a seemingly endless war, and pull the United States into a conflict it shouldn’t be involved in.

Despite some tough questions, Congressional Republicans didn’t land a glove on Secretary of State Clinton.

The notion that guns prevent tyranny is based on fantasy and movies, not reality.

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik of Reuters have become the latest journalists to die reporting on the massacres in Syria.

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

So, what’s next?

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

There’s a little historical revisionism going on on the right.

Protests at least loosely affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement were conducted around the globe yesterday.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

We may have entered a new and dangerous phase of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.