Outside the Beltway

Swedish right-wing provocation and Turkish short-sightedness.

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

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

Latin America’s answer to Donald Trump has his own insurrection attempt.

The US Government has reluctantly decided to spell an ally’s name they way they prefer.

If it hasn’t happened already, it soon will.

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

United States and People’s Republic of China forces are playing a dangerous game.

The elite consensus that free trade would bring them around is gone.

A legal but unsavory solution to a problem.

That time the Nazis made a movie about the Titanic.

A move away from a centuries old Asian practice.

Breaking News

A 34-year CIA officer’s thoughts.

A novel concept. Will it catch on?

Twenty five alleged plotters have been arrested

A welcome development in a long and bloody war.

The times they are a changing.

Anger over COVID lockdowns has activated myriad frustrations.

Sports fans enjoy watching sports. How much does politics impact that?

Our English-speaking brethren have much less tolerance for massacres than we do.

The corrupt leader is back for a sixth term.

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.