Outside the Beltway

As scary as the Cold War was, it did reduce the silliness in American politics.

Should public employee pensions be an asset in the administration’s foreign policy?

Some informed speculation.

We may be seeing the beginning of the end.

There’s nothing to see here, folks.

Bloomberg waffles on China while Sanders has a soft spot for Castro.

To defang impeachment is an invitation for presidents to ignore the rule of law.

Notwithstanding Russia’s weak position vis a vis the west, It’s Putin who seems to be winning.

Russia has been barred from the 2020 and 2022 Olympics as well as other international sporting events due to widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs.

Further evidence that the Republican Party has turned into a cult of personalty built around Donald Trump.

Republicans used to honor the men and women who serve our country. In the Trump Era, they attack them in defense of the President.

After a long day of hearings, the case against the President is becoming clearer and Republican defenses becoming more absurd.

French President Emmanuel Macron declared that the NATO alliance is suffering brain death due to President Trump’s neglect and lack of leadership.

Thirty years ago today, history took off in a brand new direction.

Yesterday’s testimony by Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman including information particularly damaging to the President and his defenses to the charges against him in the Ukraine matter.

Trump makes a particularly dumb comment about our alliance with Syrian Kurds.

President Trump has reportedly pledged to Chinese President Xi Jinping that the United States would not speak out against Chinese actions in Hong Kong.

Contrary to the hopes of some, getting rid of Trump isn’t going to purge the GOP of Trumpism.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky finds himself in he middle of an historic American scandal, and with a new nickname.

Robert Mugabe led a nation to independence only to become a dictator who destroyed its economy, has died at the age of 95.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

Under the Trump Administration, the American commitment to human rights around the world is basically dead.

How insidious talking points spread in the modern media environment.

Whether he knows it or not, Donald Trump is assisting the Russian leader in his goal of undermining the foundational institutions of democracy and freedom.

Not content with taking a wrecking ball to America’s trans-Atlantic alliances, the President is attacking our trans-Pacific allies as well.

The fight to determine the leader of the Conservative Party, and the next British Prime Minister, is down to two candidates, but there’s one clear favorite.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

Thirty years ago, when the veterans of D-Day were still relatively young and still largely with us, President Reagan delivered one of the finest speeches of his Presidency.

While the drumbeat for impeachment of the President continues on the left, political reality suggests caution.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

President Trump’s foreign policy has largely been a failure, and there are specific reasons why.

His passing is a sad reminder of another era of the Republican Party.

The legendary figure was in charge of strategic forecasting at the Pentagon for decades.

Notwithstanding President Trump’s tariffs, America’s trade deficit hit a record level last year.

Republicans are blindly loyal to this President in a way we have not seen before. They are likely to end up paying a price for that.

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un ended early without any kind of agreement, signalling that no real progress has been made in talks between the two countries.

The Trump Administration continues to drive a wedge between the United States and Europe, can it ever be repaired?

The arguments against withdrawing American forces from Afghanistan are becoming weaker and weaker.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

Despite the President’s claims, the American steel industry isn’t doing well at all.

A new blockbuster report implicates the President in no less than five Federal crimes.

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.

In a move that is likely to have political and international consequences, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has officially severed ties with Moscow.

China has landed a probe on the far side of the Moon, the latest step forward in an aggressive Chinese push into space.

As the shutdown drags on, the President is digging in his heels even further.

It is sincerely disturbing that the POTUS has this level of understanding of history and foreign policy.

Notwithstanding the temptation to do something, both the United States and NATO need to resist the temptation to get involved in the latest conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

A confrontation at sea between Russia and Ukraine is increasing tensions in a long-simmering conflict.