Outside the Beltway

The war in Gaza seems to be winding down, but the underlying issues remain.

A glimmer of hope in Gaza is quickly snuffed out.

The Israeli public if overwhelmingly behind the war in Gaza, and that means it will probably continue for awhile.

Hopes for a temporary respite in the Gaza conflict faded away today.

The next phase of Israel’s attack on Hamas has begun.

An effort yesterday to bring about a cease fire in Gaza came to naught when Hamas rejected the proposal.

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

The First World War played an intriguing role in the birth of the radical Islam we are dealing with today.

Yet another autiobiography invites public discussion about her accomplishments.

Different name, same result in Egypt.

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

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is a name we’re likely to be seeing in the news for some time to come.

Diplomatic word games.

Vladimir Putin wants to put the Internet genie back in the bottle.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

After eight years in a coma, Ariel Sharon has passed away.

The IDF has finally put a woman in command of a battalion. They’re decades behind American forces.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

Nearly six months later, it’s hard to find any good in the July military coup in Egypt.

Newly disclosed details about the US role in Colombia.

Relations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia seem to have soured in recent years.

The U.S. sends a mostly weak signal to the Egyptian military.

Opposing interventionism and unnecessary and unwise military engagements is not isolationism.

Why are chemical weapons a “red line” in a war where so many have been killed?

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

As President Obama’s red line has been crossed more brazenly, he continues to sound reluctant to intervene in Syria while positioning forces to do just that.

Walter Russell Mead explains why a well intentioned, carefully crafted and consistently pursued grand strategy failed.

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?