Outside the Beltway

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

Turkey’s military has attacked Syria several times since Syrian forces shelled a Turkish village.

Slowly but surely, we’re giving up on Afghanistan.

The Afghan Surge announced by President Obama in December 2009 is over. By any objective measurement, it was a failure.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

President Obama gave an honest, nuanced answer to a complex question. So, of course, he’s taking it back.

Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.

The candidates aren’t talking about the war in Afghanistan very much, but that’s mostly because the American people don’t want them to.

The war in Afghanistan has not been a topic of discussion in the Presidential campaign, but that’s largely because there’s not much left to talk about.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ankara Puts NATO on Speed Dial,” has been posted.

Following yesterday’s shoot-down of a Turkish F-5 by Syria has once again raised the specter of NATO action under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It’s not going to happen.

Mitt Romney believes he could take America to war without Congressional involvement.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Romney comes down firmly on the guns side of guns and butter.

In office less than a day, Francois Hollande has already been forced to admit he can’t withdraw French forces from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

My first piece for the Christian Science Monitor, co-authored with my Atlantic Council collegue Barry Pavel, has been posted.

Mitt Romney is proposing one of the biggest peacetime increases in military spending in U.S. history.

My latest for The National Interest,Insurmountable Obstacles in Afghanistan, has been posted.

My latest for The National Interest, “Turkey Cries Wolf,” has been posted.

Dan Drezner declares that “Policy wonks ignore political science journals at their peril.”

Russia is the most significant geopolitical player actively opposing significant American interests.

An attack on Iran is likely to unleash consequences that we are unprepared to deal with.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ending the Afghan Slog,” has posted.

A tragic incident in Afghanistan that’s likely to have tragic consequences.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

The Pentagon has released the name of the US Army National Guard major murdered in an Afghan ministry this weekend.

The latest round of protests in Afghanistan prove yet again that it’s time for us to leave.

A pattern that never ends: Perceived insults lead to mayhem and murder.

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

Mitt Romney’s statements about the planned early draw down in Afghanistan make no sense whatsoever.

Everything the critics say about the decision is right–and so is the decision.