Outside the Beltway

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts has promised to serve her entire six-year term.

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

A third term for any of these guys? Don’t count on it.

Robert Kagan warns of “a changing world order.” But he’s grasping at rather thin straws.

Phil Carter draws attention to “The Vets We Reject and Ignore.”

Signs of some progress in the talks over Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

Will this new Australian oil discovery shake up world politics?

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

My review of Andrew Bacevich’s latest book, Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country.

My latest for Defense One, “The Army’s Misguided Crackdown on Tattoos,” has posted.

Cathy’s husband and Jess’ father, Jer, was killed in the shooting spree at the Navy Yard.

My latest for The Atlantic, “It Isn’t the Military’s Place to Weigh In on the Syria Debate,” has posted.

The destruction of Syria’s stockpiles will be slow and laborious even if all goes according to script.

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

President Obama’s plans in Syria are as unclear as they were before he spoke last night.

I’ve been up since 3 am and drinking since 6 pm, so my reaction to a presidential war speech at 9 am may not be the definitive word

My latest for The National Interest has posted.

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

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

Heading into an intense week of Congressional lobbying, the odds still seem against the Administration on Syria.

“No More Baby Steps,” my first piece for Defense News, has posted.

f Assad is eating Cheerios, we’re going to take away his spoon and give him a fork.

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

President Obama is trying to launch a war but there’s a lot of competition for attention.

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

President Obama seems to have forgotten the words of a certain Illinois State Senator back in 2002.

Score one for Team Bush?

The president’s public dithering on Syria is drawing jeers from friend and foe alike.

Some questions that the Administration needs to answer before attacking Syria.

Presidents have gotten away with ignoring Congress when it comes to foreign military adventures for a very long time.

Could anyone have imagined a decade ago a scenario when the United States would go to war with France by our side and England on the sidelines?

Some Members of Congress are calling for a debate before any strikes on Syria. They’re absolutely right.

There’s more than one way to look at the civil war in Syria.

We’re almost certainly going to launch punitive strikes against Syria. They’ll almost certainly be ineffective.