Outside the Beltway

Not exactly journalism.

With Mitt Romney and Barack Obama basically saying the same things about foreign policy, it’s time to take a look at an alternative.

If the United States and Egypt were Facebook friends, their relationship status would be “It’s Complicated.”

The GOP still hasn’t dealt with the legacy of George W. Bush.

General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a message to Israel last week.

The GOP claims to be a party that favors limited government, but its foreign policy positions reveal this to be little more than a lie.

Condoleeza Rice’s first trip onto the political stage was very successful last night. Where will she go from here?

Chamake Mauriene reveals America’s secret to world domination in Pravda.

Today’s convention activities will include the opening salvos of an attack on the President’s foreign policy. This strikes me as a mistake.

President Obama issued a warning to Syria today over its chemical weapons stockpiles.

For the first time in 80 years, there are no veterans on the major party Presidential tickets.

According to a new report, the CIA considers Israel to be an espionage threat.

Several key members of the Syrian government were killed in a suicide bomb attack today in Damascus.

My latest for The National Interest, “Ankara Puts NATO on Speed Dial,” has been posted.

Following yesterday’s shoot-down of a Turkish F-5 by Syria has once again raised the specter of NATO action under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. It’s not going to happen.

Mitt Romney’s confrontational approach to Russia makes no sense.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

The factors influencing Russian policy in Syria are many, and some of them are quite ancient.

The New York Times finds some infighting among old Republican foreign policy hands.

Mitt Romney is criticizing the President over his Syria policy, but his alternative ideas aren’t very good.

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.

While the United States has some serious problems with policing, we’re not a police state.

My first piece for the Christian Science Monitor, co-authored with my Atlantic Council collegue Barry Pavel, has been posted.

Does the Romney campaign know the USSR doesn’t exist anymore? Of course they do, but the language they use still means something.

My latest for The National Interest, “Turkey Cries Wolf,” has been posted.

A bill that may become law in Arizona could make your Internet comments a crime.

Mitt Romney called Russia our “number one geopolitical foe.” Is he right?

The Chicago Style Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

An attack on Iran is likely to unleash consequences that we are unprepared to deal with.

Russia may be getting more involved in the Syrian conflict.