Outside the Beltway

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

Eye-rolling moral equivalence that will lessen respect for international law.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

It’s about time.

While the West dithers, Russia is doubling down.

Putin ignored warnings from US intelligence.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

The state of the union is apparently fiery.

Yet more evidence the man is unfit to serve as Commander-in-Chief.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

The tables have turned.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

Russian war crimes have made a diplomatic settlement next to impossible.

Must every topic be viewed through that lens?

One question answered. Another raised.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

A stupid move by a crackpot? Or a turning point?

The leveling of Bakhmut is the latest Russian atrocity.

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

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

CNN gave the former Liar in Chief a huuuge platform.

The Pope is siding with evil.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.

The Russian leader’s status as an international pariah is cemented.

As memory of the Cold War fades, so does support for American primacy.

A wrongheaded if longstanding position.

Many in the Global South see the war very differently than we in the West.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

And this time, we mean it.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

A controversial artillery round is being used effectively against Russian forces.

Russia is humiliated but not defeated. Ukraine is winning but at a very high price.

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

President Biden is being pressured to face the music after the midterms.

The attack at the Pelosi house should surprise no one.

The International Energy Agency forecast is gloomy for Putin and company.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.

Putin is committing war crimes in retaliation for an attack on a legitimate military target.

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

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

Can the unsustainable be sustained?