Outside the Beltway

Alas, on terms Ukraine can’t possibly accept.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

The tables have turned.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

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

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

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

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.

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

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

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

An object lesson on the challenges of alliance politics.

The Biden administration is slowly ratcheting up the aid package.

A more dangerous world is changing the relationship.

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

A welcome development in a long and bloody war.

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.

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

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

It’s much bigger than it appears.

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

The proxy war is working.

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

What will Zelensky, Putin, and the West settle for?

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

An incredibly isolated Russian leader is not interested in running the country.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

The Russian leader is isolated and under tremendous pressure.

Addressing an analytical pet peeve (and, more importantly, correcting a mistake).

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The first shoe has dropped.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Western intelligence agencies continue to predict an invasion under absurd pretexts.

Expert opinion on the standoff differs sharply.

The United States and its NATO allies are in a dangerous standoff.

Russia may invade Ukraine again. The United States would prefer otherwise.

Ted Cruz is the latest Republican Senator to repeat discredited Kremlin-backed conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 election.

Trying to nail down some basics about a very complicated situation.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

While the American media was paying attention to President travels and travails in Europe, there was another meeting taking place.

Donald Trump continues to appear to advocate ideas that harm American national interests and benefit Vladimir Putin. Draw your own conclusions as to why.