Outside the Beltway

Expanding on events that have been going on for months, two oil tankers were attacked today near the entrance to the Persian Gulf

Protesters flooded the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday over proposed change to the city’s extradition laws.

Taiwan has become the first nation in Asia to legally recognize same-sex marriage.

The President’s trade policies stand to benefit a lot of other countries, just not the United States.

After nearly a year, Trump’s trade policies are having their inevitable negative impact inside the United States.

President Trump got his revised version of NAFTA, but Canadians are less positive about the United States than they have been in at least twenty years.

President Trump is once again threatening to lower the tariff hammer on one of America’s most reliable allies and biggest trading partners.

Clashes between the US and Chinese navies in the South China Sea have intensified.

The date and location of the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un has been set, but there’s as much chance of failure as their is hope for success.

Republican chances to hold the Senate were boosted in West Virginia last night thanks to the fact that a fringe candidate was soundly defeated.

The United States is apparently looking to Libya as a guide for upcoming talks with North Korea. The DPRK most likely sees the fate of that nation and its leader as a warning.

China’s Xi Jinping solidified his hold on power well into the next decade over the weekend.

A mass wave of mainland Chinese immigration to Australia has led to discrimination against Taiwanese expats there.

President Trump continues to make irresponsible and dangerous threats in connection with American policy toward North Korea.

President Trump has announced a new round of sanctions against North Korea, but they are unlikely to work given the unrealistic nature of the Administration’s current policy toward North Korea.

More provocation from Pyongyang.

Iowa Congressman Steve King is causing controversy yet again with his comments in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

On his trip to Hanoi, President announced the latest sign that the Vietnam War is finally something both nations have manged to put behind them.

For the first time since Chang Kai-Shek escaped across the Taiwan Strait, the leaders of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China will meet this weekend.

In a case that took seven months to decide, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Presidency’s broad authority in foreign affairs, and inserted itself just a little bit in the thorny politics of the Middle East.

Modern Singapore’s founder passed away at age 91 earlier this week.

Well, so much for that “people’s revolt” that brought down a military dictator.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

The Supreme Court will decide if Congress can override American foreign policy when it comes to declaring who has dominion over Jerusalem.

After two and a half decades, the images of June 4, 1989 resonate with many, unless you happen to live in China.

Even as it defies China’s illegal territorial claims with military flights, the Obama administration is urging US airlines to comply.

In response to North Korean saber rattling and the rise of China, Japan is reassessing it’s military posture

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

There are factions of the American right that really need to understand this.

Bill Keith built a successful business making solar-powered ceiling fans. The President’s trade policies are in the process of destroying it.

David Chan has eaten at more than 6000 Chinese restaurants. He says the best are all in California and most opened in the last decade.

A new poll shows that Americans are starting to look East.

Joseph Nye explains why China’s “demand the United States address its structural debt problems and ensure the safety of China’s dollar assets” is really just talk.

One of the most active American diplomats of the past twenty-five years has passed away.