So the U.S. launches a military strike. Then what? As the Obama administration and the  U.S. military  plot military action against Syria, they should be spending just as much time — and arguably more — considering what happens next. Once Washington crosses the threshold of...

Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013: [Time in GMT]  5-6 p.m. White House: Obama to authorize military attack on Syria even without Congressional approval   4-5 p.m. Canada won't join in military strike on Syria: PM Five permanent UNSC members to meet on Syria again at...

Barack Obama is unlikely to have much trouble mustering a  Nato coalition of the willing if Washington opts for military intervention in  Syria in response to the  alleged chemical weapons atrocities by the Assad regime . There is, however, no prospect of a UN mandate for...

The moral outrage is all over this debate. As the West prepares to launch airstrikes against the Syrian regime in retaliation for its alleged use of chemical weapons, lines of global leaders and their cheering commentators are using a superior sense of morality to justify it. Last year, Obama...