Outside the Beltway

The latest wrong of documents from Wikileaks show that American diplomats are as worried about Pakistan as the rest of us, and not quite sure how to deal with the situation.

The latest Wikileaks revelations suggest that China may not be willing to protect North Korea for much longer.

McCain brings up “regime change” in re: the DKRP and China apparently isn’t doing enough.

There is at least one simple reason why dealing with the North is so difficult.

Tensions are on the rise again on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea shelled a South Korean island.

North Korea has unveiled to the world a new nuclear processing facility that puts back on the table the question of just what we should, or can, do about the fact that a rogue state possesses nuclear weapons and wants to build more.

Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don’t know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday.

Hamid Karazi says that the United States needs to reduce it’s military presence in his country. Perhaps we should listen to him.

According to reports, the Obama Administration is set to abandon the July 2011 withdrawal deadline that was set earlier this year.

The military surge in Afghanistan appears to be having little impact on the Taliban.

We already knew that Hamid Karzai was corrupt, now we know he takes bribes from the Iranians.

While the American economy languishes, China is booming again.

Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo has dedicated his Nobel Peace Prize to the victims of the June 1989 massacre in Tianamen Square. Proving again that the events of that day still live on in the memory of many Chinese people.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He probably doesn’t know it, though, because he’s currently sitting in a Chinese prison.

While Americans concern themselves with domestic politics and mid-term elections, the situation in Pakistan seems to continue to get worse.

Kim Jong Il’s reclusive third son is now on a path to inherit leadership of the country founded by his Grandfather.

Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections were marked by another round of allegations of widespread voter fraud, once again bringing to the forefront the question; what exactly are we trying to accomplish in Afghanistan ?

A US military platoon was apparently able to target innocent Afghans for murder. Without senior commanders suspecting a thing.

The floodwaters are starting to recede, although the disaster is far from over.

Epic flooding in Pakistan is a humanitarian crisis which dwarfs the combined devastation of the 2004 Asian tsunami, the earthquake in Pakistan in 2005, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Why aren’t we paying attention?

The task of getting aid to the 20 million victims of Pakistan’s floods may have just gotten a lot more difficult

More odd developments inside the modern day version of the Hermit Kingdom

While American politics concerns itself with trivial issues, Pakistan finds itself dealing with a devastating natural disaster that could have real geo-political implications.

The American military is on a mission in Afghanistan that the public is increasingly starting to question.

Will the Wikileaks document dump give even further impetus to the growing sentiment that the United States needs to leave Afghanistan ?

The odds that David Petraeus will be able to pull off a miracle in Afghanistan like he did in Iraq are very slim.

China has pledged to allow their currency to fluctuate. Don’t get too excited.