Outside the Beltway

The story about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia didn’t start with Michael Flynn, and it isn’t going to end with his resignation.

The President throws the US under the bus to defend Putin.

The Cock-a-Doodle Do It My Way Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

In a closer than normal vote for the position, Rex Tillerson has been confirmed as Secretary of State.

Ambassador Karlov is mostly likely not a modern day Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

The head of the biggest energy company in the world is reportedly Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of State.

A controversial retired General has been tapped to be President-Elect Trump’s top White House foreign policy voice.

Donald J. Trump will be the 45th President of the United States.

Even if you’re not sure who you should vote for, it’s obvious who you shouldn’t vote for.

According to reports, Vice-President Biden is on a Clinton campaign short list for Secretary of State.

The reputation of the US matters in global affairs.

Donald Trump’s strange relationship with reality continues to come to light,

As expected, Hillary Clinton went with the ‘safe’ choice, and has selected Virginia Senator Tim Kaine as her running mate.

Turkey’s government appears to have rebuffed a coup attempt, but questions remains about the stability of the government going forward.

President Obama will leave office as the first two term President who presided over eight years of war. It didn’t start with him and it won’t end with him.

American forces will continue to stay in Afghanistan well after Barack Obama leaves office thanks to a new policy announced today.

A man who survived great horrors to become a tireless witness for truth and advocate for human rights has passed away.

A massive attack hits Istanbul’s airport.

Turkey has issued a formal apology to Russia over the November 2015 downing of a Russian jet that had briefly strayed into Turkish airspace.

By a narrow margin, British voters have chosen to send their nation, themselves, and indeed all of Europe into uncharted waters.

The Senate has passed an amendment to a military spending bill that would require women to register for the draft.

The Trumpkins Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Ted Cruz pulled off a win in Wisconsin, giving some hope to the “Stop Trump” crowd.

American forces will be deployed to a combat area in southern Afghanistan, reversing current policy and calling the President’s promised withdrawal date into even further doubt.

Get ready for an expansion of the war against ISIS into Libya, because it’s probably not far away.

NATO is extending full membership to the tiny nation of Montenegro, and there doesn’t seem to be a good reason why they’re doing it.

The German Parliament has approved expansion of the nation’s involvement in the campaign against ISIS, but that doesn’t make the current campaign any less incoherent.

Tensions between Russia and Turkey remain high in the wake of yesterday’s incident, but there are some signs that things are starting to cool down.

A potentially big complication in an already complicated situation.

The United States and Europe are giving everything the perpetrators of the Paris attacks hoped for.

We are legally, morally, and practically obligated to respond. Let’s not do so stupidly.

America’s much touted international coalition against ISIS is, essentially a Coalition In Name Only.

President Obama came to office inheriting the legacy of one unnecessary war, and another that had faded from memory. He will leave office with Iraq and Syria in crisis, Europe uneasy, Yemen and Libya unstable breeding grounds for terrorism, and China doing whatever it is they’re doing.

What will likely be the apex of the House Select Committee’s investigation of the Benghazi attack begins and ends today with the testimony of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The plan to withdraw nearly all American forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016 is being put on hold.

Missed it by that much.

President Obama is reportedly considering a plan that would keep up to 5,000 American troops in Afghanistan past the withdrawal date he had already set.

The Taliban dealt a major defeat to a numerically superior Afghan Army force, raising questions about just how well Afghanistan can defend itself on its own.

The Afghan Army isn’t doing so well against the Taliban right now.

In what seems to be a clear signal to Russia, the U.S. is considering pre-positioning military equipment in nation’s very close to Russian borders.

U.S forces in Afghanistan have been involved in missions that go far beyond the counterterror mission the Obama Administration said they would be limited to.

Marco Rubio is often described as one of the GOP’s leaders on foreign policy, but a close look reveals a decided lack of substance.

Like nearly all of his fellow Republicans, Jeb Bush has adopted the disastrous foreign policy views that typified his brother’s Presidency.

Unlike most world leaders, Pope Francis is wiling to call a genocide a genocide.

Ben Carson doesn’t seem to know much about foreign policy or history. And he doesn’t belong on anyone’s list of serious Presidential candidates.

A cease fire deal in Ukraine, but a long term settlement will require compromises from both Moscow and Kiev.

Pressure is building on the Administration to send military aid to Ukraine, but it would be a very bad idea.