Outside the Beltway

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s choices in home decor raise an interesting question.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

Middle East peace talks are apparently in such bad shape that the U.S. is thinking of releasing Jonathan Pollard as an incentive to Israel.

The future may hold a lot of vehement arguing over insignificant bits of territory.

Getting nuclear weapons out of Ukraine in 1994 was a good idea, not a mistake.

As everyone anticipated, the Crimean referendum came out in favor of secession from Ukraine and union with Russia. What happens next is another question entirely.

Why do dictators feel the need to pretend that they have the consent of the people over whom they rule?

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

The West owes Ukraine nothing.

Russian invasion or legitimate secessionist movement? And does it matter?

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been forced out of Kyiv—and possibly out of power entirely.

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

Some perspective from Sochi.

After eight years in a coma, Ariel Sharon has passed away.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

Some on the American right have a very odd view of both Nelson Mandela and the Apartheid regime he fought against.

There are many choices in dealing with Iran’s nuclear program there are many choices, but some are better than others.

The U.S. position on China’s new air defense zone is exceedingly clear. The question is where it goes from here.

The most important leader to come out of Africa in the 20th Century, and perhaps in all of history, has died.

Small steps from both sides in the Iranian nuclear negotiations, but too early to say that we’ve reached a solution.

Conservatives have their own Kennedy myth to compete with the myth of Camelot.

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

Tom Clancy, author of dozens of bestselling military thriller novels, has died aged 66.

Opposing interventionism and unnecessary and unwise military engagements is not isolationism.

A throwaway comment by John Kerry in London has led to some interesting diplomatic developments.

David C. Jones, who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Presidents Carter and Reagan, has died.

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.

Until the presiding Judge in the case rules otherwise, the identities of the members of the jury in the Zimmerman is secret. Should that be the case?

Military coups used to be far more common than they are today.

Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.

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

Examining SECDEF’s call for radical overhaul of our defense structure against the fate of similar calls past.

North Korea’s latest provocations may be testing the patience of their patrons in Beijing.

Resurrecting and old, and bad, idea.

Mitt Romney is once again making completely false claims about the status of the United States Navy.