Outside the Beltway

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.

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

Philip Hammond addressed the Atlantic Council this morning in advance of a meeting with Leon Panetta.

To Republicans, even thinking about engaging in diplomacy is enough to accuse the President of appeasement.

Not surprisingly, most of the Republican candidates for President aren’t too keen on reducing the excessive growth in Executive Branch power.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

We’re hearing the howls of a wounded bear.

We’re running out of excuses.

Gaddafi is dead, but it was still wrong for the United States to get involved in Libya.

The post-Gaddafi era has been made permanent. What comes next?

The BBC is reporting that rebels claim to have captured the ousted leader of Libya.

Ten years ago tomorrow, President Bush announced that “the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.”

Rick Perry’s speech criticizing the President’s policies in the Middle East raised more questions than it answered.

NATO is still seen as essential by 62 percent of both EU and U.S. respondents, demonstrating that the transatlantic military bond is still, despite a rough decade, firmly entrenched in American and European views of the world.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

Four American soldiers are now on the ground in Libya. Reports have them wearing boots.

What does the apparent outcome of the war in Libya mean for the so-called “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine?

Reports are coming out of Libya that paint the Libyan rebels in a very unkind light.

My first piece for CNN has been posted at Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square.

The U.S may be on the verge of committing the next decade to the future of Afghanistan.

Why Big Army has trouble with small wars.

My latest for The National Interest is posted under the somewhat misleading headline “NATO Fails in Libya.”

Success in Libya does not make the American mission any less unjustified than it was on the day President Obama announced it.

The Atlantic has published an essay I wrote yesterday morning titled “Libya After Qaddafi: Lessons from Iraq 2003.”

Steve Benen has coined the phrase “Thank America Last” to describe those avoiding praise of President Obama for success in Libya.

After months of fits and starts, it appears anti-Gaddafi forces are on the verge of victory.

Not only is the US outspending all our allies and competitors combined in real dollars on defense, we’re doing so in terms of GDP as well.

Honoring the fallen by ensuring that the didn’t die in vain is a recipe for getting more good men killed.

A disastrous day for American troops in Afghanistan.