Outside the Beltway

Concerns about the Zika Virus are leading some doctors to call for the 2016 Summer Olympics to be moved or postponed.

Cardinals executives were doing a little more than just stealing signs, apparently.

Some thoughts on a column by Roger Noriega on the Obama administration and Latin America,

The price of oil is continuing to fall, but it won’t last forever.

A little round of Qs and As on US-Cuban policy.

Rand Paul is one of the few Republicans who seems to be evaluating the new policy toward Cuba through something other than an outdated Cold War perspective.

For a year that started out with regaining long-lost territory in Ukraine, 2014 is not ending so well for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Twenty-five years after his seminal “End of History” article, Francis Fukuyama reflects on its legacy.

For the first time, Edward Snowden is talking to the American media.

Thanks to Edward Snowden, the Washington Post and the Guardian are Pulitzer Prize winners.

Some thoughts and links about the ongoing turmoil in Venezuela.

Barack Obama is no Jimmy Carter.

One thing is clear: Maduro lacks Chavez’s political skills.

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

Without a deal of some kind, it’s quite likely that Edward Snowden will remain beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement or some time to come.

Will this new Australian oil discovery shake up world politics?

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

Despite an extradition request from the United States, Edward Snowden left Hong Kong overnight on a flight to Moscow and parts unknown.

Has the Arab Spring come to Turkey?

The same story yet again.