Outside the Beltway

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

Would a formal guarantee of Israel’s security deter Iran from whatever nuclear weapons development program it has?

Last January 1, some of us made a series of predictions. Here’s how we did.

John Cornyn tells Jennifer Rubin that he’ll oppose the confirmation of his former colleague, Chuck Hagel, for Secretary of Defense.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Richard Lugar puts in a word for compromise and good governance on his way out of the Senate.

Thanks to the CFTC, Americans will no longer be able to participate in Intrade’s predictions markets.

Thinking about scandal in a comparative historic context.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

An attempt to lay down some basic groundwork for discussing this story.

Why I supported Mitt Romney despite his constant flip-flopping, fibbing, and fecklessness.

In a posting for New Atlanticist titled “Status Quo Election,” I note the near total absence of foreign affairs from a presidential campaign that’s mercifully coming to an end.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.

The candidate’s meet for one last time tonight to talk about some of the most important issues in the world.

President Obama is keeping the conflict in Syria at arms length. That’s a good idea.

The argument that the United States should start assisting the rebellion in Syria has many flaws.

Mitt Romney’s speech at VMI today was billed as a major foreign policy address, but it was incredibly light on substance.

The Afghanistan War is officially eleven years old today.

Iran’s currency has collapsed and there are riot police in the streets of Teheran. It appears the sanctions may just be working after all.

Where’s the beef?

Because some things are worth reinforcing.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

My latest for The National Interest, “Insanity on the Iran Question,” posted last evening.

Romney supporters seem to want to paint Obama as Carter. This is unlikely to help.

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy weaknesses are starting to become apparent.

In another sign that things may not be going so well between Washington and Jerusalem, President Obama will not be meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu when he’s in the United States.

Jimmy Carter’s ex-presidency has lasted the equivalent of 26 Iranian hostage crises.

An attack on Iran’s nuclear program would be far more complicated than a one-off attack.

The How Do I Order Ham and Eggs? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Do fiscal conservatives realize they’re being sold a bill of goods?

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

The Obama campaign clearly does not want Americans to consider whether they are better off now than they were four years ago.

A new IAEA report may make an Israeli strike on Iran in the near future more likely than it has ever been.

Mitt Romney’s speech last night was the best he’s ever given, but it’s impact may have been undercut but several odd production decisions that preceded it.

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?