Outside the Beltway

South Korea removes a corrupt leader by peaceful means.

North Korean Intrigue…….

As America prepares for a Presidential transition, an old conflict with a history of turning dangerous rears its head.

North Korea continues to advance its nuclear program but it’s unclear what anyone can do about it.

A third major ISIS-inspired or planned attack in three weeks.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

On his trip to Hanoi, President announced the latest sign that the Vietnam War is finally something both nations have manged to put behind them.

More saber rattling from Pyongyang.

Can anything restrain the North Koreans besides direct action by China? That’s unclear, but the new round of sanctions pending at the U.N. seem unlikely to accomplish much of anything.

China’s economy is still growing, but it’s most recently reported growth rate is slower than the nation has seen in quite some time.

The United States and South Korea are hinting at increased military cooperation in the wake of last week’s North Korean nuclear test.

Experts are casting doubt on North Korea’s claim that it tested a thermonuclear device earlier this week.

The North Koreans claim to have made a major advance in their nuclear weapons program, but there are many reasons to be skeptical.

North Korea’s mercurial leader now claims to have thermonuclear weapons, but analysts are saying this is likely braggadocios nonsense.

Thanks mostly to well-founded demographic concerns, China is ending the ‘One Child’ policy, but it is probably too late for them to avoid the consequences of the forty year program.

The Taliban dealt a major defeat to a numerically superior Afghan Army force, raising questions about just how well Afghanistan can defend itself on its own.

Yesterday’s stock market drop led some Republican candidates to say some particularly dumb things.

China adds to its status as the honey badger of intellectual property law.

The Afghan Army isn’t doing so well against the Taliban right now.

In the past month, the Chinese stock market has lost more than 1/3 of its value.

A well-founded fear of ISIS seems to be drawing many of the former Soviet Republics in Central Asia closer to Moscow.

North Korea now claims it has miniaturized nuclear warheads sufficienctly so that they can be placed on missiles. They also say they can launch missiles from submarines.

Chinese analysts are telling their American counterparts that North Korea’s nuclear arsenal is far more sophisticated than previously believed.

Modern Singapore’s founder passed away at age 91 earlier this week.

Can a country entry reap the benefits of the connected age while successfully tying down the Internet?

There are again reports of Chinese frustration with the Kim regime in North Korea, but change is unlikely to happen in the DPRK until Beijing is ready to let it happen.

A knowledgeable observer has a dim forecast.

Good news for two released Americans, but no clue what’s motivating North Korea’s latest actions.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

A scandal erupted when the Chinese people learned their leaders were flying first class and staying in five-star hotels. Problem solved!