Outside the Beltway

The President has overturned decades of US foreign policy and alienated a NATO ally for, well, reasons.

Kofi Annan, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations at the dawn of the “War On Terror,” has died at the age of 80.

With the Administration set to commit the United States to a forever war in Syria, it’s time for Congress to act.

The U.N. Security Council has approved the Iranian nuclear deal, and now the ball is in Congress’s court.

The Holocaust was a very atypical case of genocide.

Raymond Pritchett longs for the good old days of Tom Donilan, Hillary Clinton, and Leon Panetta.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

Two polls indicate that most Americans oppose the President’s latest moves on Syria. This makes sense considering actual policy there seems to be entirely incoherent.

Former President Bill Clinton says President Obama should ignore the polls and intervene in Syria.

How would the addition of Susan Rice and Samantha Power to the President’s foreign policy team affect policy toward Syria’s civil war?

Denied her chance at being Secretary of State, Susan Rice will be moving to a position that is arguably just as important in shaping American foreign policy.

Samantha Power is leaving the Obama administration to spend more time with her family. No, really.

Ruthlessly avoiding fights that aren’t worth the risk is shrewd leadership. But Romney still needs to show he can fight and win.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

Andrew Bacevich refers to Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, and Samantha Power as “the Three Harpies.”

The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront

Did President Obama pull off a diplomatic masterstroke? Or is he muddling through?