Outside the Beltway

What we know a day later.

Some 45 are dead in what Israel calls a “tragic accident.”

The United States abstained but did not exercise its veto power.

But probably won’t.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

Moscow is playing a very strange game.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

Can the ICC get him into the dock?

Because of course he did.

British authorities have charged two members of Russian military intelligence in connection with a poisoning attack on British attack.

There is no obvious strategy and even the expressed rationale makes no sense.

Even the United Nations has given up trying to maintain an accurate estimate.

Just about a year after President Trump attacked Syria over the use of chemical weapons, the Assad regime has again used chemical weapons. There’s not much we can do about, nor should we.

Theresa May has expelled 23 Russian diplomats and convened the North Atlantic Council.

The British prime minister and outgoing US Secretary of State declared a red line crossed. There’s no reason to think this White House will follow through.

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says war against North Korea would be worth it. Ignoring the fact that it would result in casualties unlike anything America has seen since the Vietnam War.

It’s not at all clear that there is a useful strategy at work here.

While you were celebrating Christmas, Israel was blasting the Obama Administration and cozying up to the incoming Trump Administration.

The godfather of the Responsibility to Protect doctrine has passed.