Outside the Beltway

Andrew Bacevich argues, persuasively, that “absence of leverage does not preclude options” with respect to Egypt.

Does interest in Egypt make the same sense it did 30 years ago?

The Obama administration has issued a strongly worded statement on this morning’s massacre by the Egyptian government.

Hundreds are dead as Egypt’s military government crack down on supporters of the democratically elected government they ousted.

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

Bill Clark, who served as National Security Advisor and Interior Secretary under Ronald Reagan, has died at 81.

The Pentagon is considering doing away with two combatant commands—and no longer calling them combatant commands.

Japan’s National Debt has reached a level that’s somewhat incomprehensible.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

Al Qaeda may be up to something, so take no chances.

Gay bars around the world are banning Russian vodka to protest the lack of gay rights in that country.

In response to North Korean saber rattling and the rise of China, Japan is reassessing it’s military posture

Anti-Assad forces are committing atrocities in Aleppo.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

Not surprisingly, the United States is not going to place aid to Egypt’s military in legal jeopardy by calling this month’s events a coup.

Lindsey Graham is playing cynical political games with a dangerous part of the world.

Senators John McCain and Carl Levin have demanded answers from General Martin Dempsey on Syria. Can they handle the truth?

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.