Outside the Beltway

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

The 42-year-old billionaire makes history in many ways.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

A study of 29 countries shows the impact of the pandemic.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

The Brits may soon have yet another Conservative PM.

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

Biden is following Trump’s lead but doing it more competently.

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?

A phony annexation doesn’t hide that he’s badly losing his illegal war.

The CIA warned of his months ago but the Biden administration is being cautious.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.

As one does when one is confident of one’s policy choices.

What once seemed to be ‘saying the quiet part out loud’ is now administration policy.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

There’s plenty of reason for optimism.

96-year-olds are living on borrowed time.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

Russian forces have been forced out of two logistical support hubs.

You all aren’t getting any serious writing out of me today, obviously.

I mean, his very first decision…

The last Soviet leader is gone at 91.

The bloody conflict could go on for months, if not years.

From a WaPo piece on the FSB and Ukraine.

When you tax sin, you need more of it.

Some quick hits.

The Speaker’s trip was reckless, needlessly escalating an already tense situation.

Instead of a clenched fist of support, it was a big middle finger to Sweden and Finland.

Some light fundraising whilst waiting for mum to die.

Moscow is playing a very strange game.

The competition is slowly ratcheting up.

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

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

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was killed at a campaign rally. He was 67.

They’re stealing our secrets and working to undermine our elections.

He plans to hang on as PM through the fall but likely won’t be able to.

It’s a global commodity.

The Western alliance is getting stronger in the face of Russian aggression.

What happens if Ukraine can’t achieve complete victory?

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

Another potential deal that doesn’t address the central issue.

The President continues his recent penchant for saying the quiet part out loud.