UN General Secretary Calls for Gaza Cease-Fire

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023

The most important and controversial American diplomat of the postwar era is gone at 100.

What Next in Gaza?

The cease-fire will end. What follows is not at all clear.

President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrisville, North Carolina.

President Biden to Visit Israel

A high-stakes move.

Ending Hamas

What does “complete victory” look like?

Israel at War: It’s a Reckoning

A roundup of news and opinon.

Bill Richardson, 1947-2023

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

Russia Laundering Propaganda Through Western Media

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

Henry Kissinger at 100

A rare man and a rare milestone.

Putin’s Failed Gambit

He’s turned Russia from a G-8 member to an international pariah.

China Calling in its Loans to Poor Countries

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

Turkey’s Elections

Don’t get your hopes up.

Why the Catholic Church Sides with Putin and Orban

The Pope is siding with evil.

We’re Doomed! Doomed!

We’re all gonna die, folks.

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Biden’s Classified Documents!

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

The Perfect President

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

Putin’s Nuclear Gambit

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

Axios and Pre-Chewed News

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

China’s Worrisome Behavior

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Biden Continuing Trump Foreign Policy?

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

Biden and bin Salman

An embarrassing photo demonstrates the perils of leading the free world.

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Doves Split Over Ukraine

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Replacing Biden in 2024?

From the Cliché File.

John Allen, Illegal Lobbying, and Foreign Influence

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

President Joe Biden calls New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Wednesday, November 3, 2021, in the Oval Office Study. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) President Joe Biden calls New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Wednesday, November 3, 2021, in the Oval Office Study. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Presidents Aren’t Magicians

We expect far more from the Oval Office than is reasonable.

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The War After Bucha

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

Biden Pleads for Regime Change in Russia

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

Madeleine Albright, 1937-2022

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

Zelensky’s Plea for Help

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

Putin Will Likely Get Away with War Crimes

The Russian leader is very unlikely to be hauled before the Hague.

Putin’s War Gets Closer to NATO

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

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Putin’s Offramp?

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Biden ‘Leading from Behind’ on Ukraine

The American President is once again leading the free world.

Russia Really Invades Ukraine

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The Beginning of a Response to the Beginning of an Invasion

The first shoe has dropped.

Putin Invades Ukraine in Defiance of West

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

US Waives Iran Sanctions as Deal Nears

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

Ukraine: Advantage Putin? Advantage NATO?

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

Game of Chicken Kiev

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Colin Powell, 1937-2021

The trailblazing soldier-statesman has died at 84.

US-France Submarine Contretemps

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a virtual bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris participate in a virtual bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Liberals Upset Biden Foreign Policy is Biden’s

Those expecting Bernie Sanders’ agenda are sorely disappointed.

George Shultz, 1920-2021

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

Biden Considering Lloyd Austin for SECDEF?

Yet another retired general in the post would be a bad idea.

Pentagon Policy Chief Ousted

The purge of non-loyalists continues.

Trump Taxes: Corruption and Foreign Influence

The Times investigation sheds more light on what most of us already knew.

Brent Scowcroft, 1925-2020

The National Security Advisor to Presidents Ford and GHW Bush has died.

Bolton: Trump Asked China to Help Re-Election

Some explosive charges in the former National Security Advisor’s book.

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Defund the Police? Abolish the Police?

Decades of reform efforts have failed. Is it time for a radical solution?