Outside the Beltway

There will be no more GOP candidate debates. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

The cause of the pain you’re feeling at the pump has little to do with domestic energy policy.

The Homs Boyz in the Hood Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The La Brea Carpets Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Arizona’s senior Senator want’s to bomb Syria.

Marie Colvin of the Sunday Times and Remi Ochlik of Reuters have become the latest journalists to die reporting on the massacres in Syria.

Yet another sign that international intervention in Syria is most likely never going to happen.

China’s government may be more “efficient,” but it’s hardly a model for the rest of the world.

We can feel that we “know” athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others that we’ve followed, rooted for, or whatnot over a period of time and feel a genuine sense of loss when they’re gone.

Andrew Exum notes that most analysts who call for military intervention fail to specify the particulars.

Censorship or sound business practice?

We, as a country, need to remember that do not hold levers that allow us to move events this way or that

Rick Santorum’s foreign policy positions are troubling in many respects.

So, what’s next?

For years, analysts have worried that Iraq’s tenuous hold on stability would collapse upon the withdrawal of US forces. We’re now watching it happen.

How can we know what happens next in North Korea when we didn’t even know Kim Jong-il had died?

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Newt Gingrich’s comments about Palestinian nationhood came up during last night’s debate.

Once again, Newt Gingrich speaks without thinking.

Just a reminder: Turkey is a NATO ally.

I’ll be liveblogging tonight’s Republican national security debate over at RealClearWorld along with a solid team of foreign policy analyst

Rick Perry wants a no-fly zone in Syria to prevent ground forces from harming civilians.

We’re running out of excuses.

An attack against Iran’s nuclear weapons research facility won’t be an easy thing.

President Obama is being attacking from the right for following through on a policy decision made by his Republican predecessor.

Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

For a peace envoy, Blair has some nonpeaceful ideas.

What does the apparent outcome of the war in Libya mean for the so-called “Responsibility To Protect” doctrine?

Dick Cheney’s long-awaited book’s out and he promises lots of bombshells that will have heads exploding in DC.

Success in Libya does not make the American mission any less unjustified than it was on the day President Obama announced it.

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta gave the strongest signal ever that there will be some U.S. military presence in Iraq after December 31st.

The U.S. and its allies are calling on Bashar Assad to step down, but there’s little we can do when he says no.

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