Outside the Beltway

The U.S. and Europe have announced a new round of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but it’s not clear that the Russians will be motivated to change course.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

The American people don’t want to turn those migrant children from Central America away after all.

Fairly or not, the President has created the impression that he is not a good leader, and there’s not much he can do about it at this point.

What the West does in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine is largely up to Europe, not the United States.

No surprises so far.

Add Libya to the list of the world’s trouble spots.

History matters.

Things are getting serious in eastern Ukraine.

If you live in Russia, you’re getting a different version of the story of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.

Crisis seems to be brewing all over the world, but the American people aren’t persuaded that it’s necessary for the United States to act.

Vladimir Putin has become immensely popular in Russia again, and its not hard to figure out why.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

The Texas Senator is threatening to block any bill dealing with the border crisis that doesn’t defund the relief President Obama granted to children of illegal immigrants last year.

Basically, the answer is that nobody really thought there was much of a risk that a plane could be shot down.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

Another incident involving a Malaysia Airlines 777, but this one could be far more serious.

The English-speaking and Scandinavian countries are very different.

In a new survey, Americans cite politics and the news as the biggest sources of stress in their lives.

My latest for The National Interest, “Europe’s Free Ride on the American-Defense Gravy Train,” has posted.

In the end, the separatists in eastern Ukraine have always been expendable as far as Vladimir Putin is concerned.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.

There’s a new round of allegations about American spying on Germany.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the city of Slovyansk from pro-Russian separatists.

While the world watches Ukraine, Central Asia could also be an area where Russia may seek to expand its territory.

More bad poll numbers for the President.

Some bad news for the President.

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

The Iraqi government seems to be panicking.

There’s little evidence for the conservative contention that the President has damaged America’s position in the world.

The President’s second speech to the Corps of Cadets is a vast improvement over the first.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

They’ve got a new President, but there’s still much to do.

The Talk To Me Goose Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.