Outside the Beltway

Iraq has become so dependent on Iran for its survival that it is endorsing the brutal tactics of Bashar Assad.

A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

Foreign Policy’s David Kenner has a reading list for President Obama to help him get read for his big speech to recast our relationship with the Arab world. Topping the Persian Gulf section is Crossroads Arabia, by our own John Burgess.

The 60 day deadline for Presidential discretion under the War Powers Act will expire next week. Congress won’t do anything about it.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

President Obama’s grand coalition against Libya is a lot less than meets the eye.

The uneasy coalition that coalesced around action in Libya will be strained by decisions to come.

President Obama isn’t unbeatable in 2012. but it’s clear even now that he’s going to be a far more formidable opponent than many Republicans seem to think.

An interpretation of the events in Egypt.

The American military personnel system works against keeping the best and brightest officers in the service.

A new round of Wikileaks documents is out, and it opens the door on diplomatic correspondence previously hidden from the public.

David Broder offers up some odd ideas on the relationship between a war with Iran and the economy.

The Navy has fired fourteen skippers this year. Eleven of those were for personal misconduct.

According to John Bolton, Israel has a deadline of August 21st to attack Iran’s nuclear program. This is the fourth deadline he’s set in the last three years.

Saddam Hussein’s closest adviser in the 1990s, Tariq Aziz, is talking to reporters, and he wants American troops to stay in Iraq.

Now we’re doubling down on the Karzai government.

The public is growing tired of America’s Longest War.

A group of oceanographers suggest that the oil from the Deepwater Horizon explosion will leave the Gulf in a few months. What happens then?