Outside the Beltway

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

Don’t get your hopes up.

Corruption charges against the former premier have sparked rioting.

The city once known as Koenigsberg is now Krolewiec, at least in Polish government documents.

The Pope is siding with evil.

The UK has a new figurehead.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

A refreshing instance of normal democratic politics amid interesting times.

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.

The Netanyahu government is facing massive strikes and protests over its latest authoritarian moves.

The would-be President is floundering as he tries to position himself.

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.

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

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

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

And this time, we mean it.

Tales of threat assessment and media reactions.

The PRC is skirting sanctions to supply a frienemy.

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

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.