Outside the Beltway

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

Policies towards Iran and NK are both a mess.

Paul Volcker, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who put an end to the rampant inflation that threatened to choke the American economy, has died at 92.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to the United States, especially manufacturing jobs. It hasn’t worked out that way.

Just over a year after the United States repudiated the JCPOA, Iran has surpassed a limit on uranium enrichment set by the JCPOA

The transatlantic rejection of elite consensus that began with Brexit continues.

Not good, not easy to win.

Last Tuesday, Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi visited the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to obtain a document he needed. He hasn’t been seen since.

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

The ill-advised move is sure to raise costs for businesses and consumers and roil global stock markets.

Among the stumbling blocks to a DPRK nuclear summit: who’s going to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel room?

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a bombastic speech on Iran yesterday that reveals just how empty and dangerous the Trump Administration’s policy toward Iran actually is.

The Leader of the Free World is, sadly, enabling atrocities.

President Trump’s decision to violate the terms of the nuclear deal with Iran could be a turning point in relations between the United States and its most important allies, and not in a good way.

Anti-government protests are spreading in Iran.

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

One of the Cold War era’s last dictators has finally died.

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

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

The May Jobs Report was bad all-around. The question is whether this will come to be seen as an anomaly or the beginning of a worrisome trend.

The German Parliament has approved expansion of the nation’s involvement in the campaign against ISIS, but that doesn’t make the current campaign any less incoherent.

Hillary Clinton’s recently announced policies toward the ISIS fight are as incoherent and misguided as President Obama’s and those of her Republican opponents.

Congress is set to debate the Iran nuclear deal next month, but as far as Europe is concerned the debate is already over.

An American freed from captivity, and potentially huge changes in America’s diplomatic and trade relationship with Cuba.

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

Iraq continues to fall apart.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

A new poll finds the American public far less supportive of the idea of the U.S. as the world’s policeman.

Egyptians celebrated last night, but the future is far from clear.

If you thought the War On Terror might be over, think again.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

The blind Chinese activist who daring escape from house arrest set off a diplomatic brouhaha that grabbed the world’s attention is about to get his wish to come to America.

As they did four years, ago the New York Giants will get a parade in New York City today. Some are wondering when Iraq War vets will get theirs.

Ron Paul has a new explanation for those newsletters of his.

A list of international contingencies to worry about in the coming year. Handy as a stocking stuffer!

Herman Cain’s foreign policy consists of little more than deliberate ignorance.

Christine Lagarde believes the impact could be large and global.

Tim Pawlenty’s foreign policy speech shows him siding with the hawks, and joining in the neocon distortion of Reagan’s legacy.

160 million girls are “missing” owing to selective abortion and cultural preferences for male children.

President Obama is expected to announce the withdrawal of the 30,000 Surge troops.