Outside the Beltway

It’s huuuuge!

Our closest ally and trading partner is balancing against us.

The question mark is for the peak, not for the cowardice.

A slow-moving disaster.

The quest for the elusive Peace Prize continues.

An actual move to acquire Greenland by force or coercion would be a massive line for the Trump administration to cross.

So says Denmark’s prime minister.

Debates about whether Trump is strong or weak often ignore the fundamental fact that he has power.

It’s likely to be great for the economy, but not for most of the people in it.

The scholar-statesman best known for coining “soft power” has died at 88.

Yet another test of Executive power for the courts to resolve.

The postwar era may have ended yesterday.

Perhaps longer, but the worst in the history of the Economist Intelligence Unit report.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

Thoughts on an unnecessary confrontation.

Greenland, Canada, and Panama. Oh my.

The United States has less press freedom than 54 countries. Or does it?

Novo Nordisk is worth more than home country’s Denmark annual GDP.

The Western sphere widens.

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

A century-old cartel has been broken.

The politics of chaos.

The inevitable response to attacks on international shipping.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

A trip through comparative democratic reform.

Horse race coverage in all the things.

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

Misc. stories for your enjoyment.

That didn’t take long.

Mostly about how not to do it.

The data on Sweden and Covid-19 don’t fit the media narrative.

The architect of the plan admits he was wrong.

Vastly more people died than needed to and the economy still crashed.

The counting methodology is flawed and that’s assuming honest reporting.

Despite our poor showing against COVID-19, we have the best infrastructure in place.

As if the country needed more turmoil.

Donald Trump isn’t just admiring dictators now, he’s acting like one.

And what a week it has been.

Another day, another Trump temper tantrum.

On the Sunday shows today, one of the President’s top aides insisted that the Administration is seriously looking at the idea of buying Greenland even though it isn’t for sale.

This timeline is just so weird.

President Trump wants to make a deal.

The costs to the American economy of President Trump’s ill-advised trade war continue to add up.

Seventy-five years ago today, American soldiers and our allies undertook an invasion that helped change the world.

The NYT is trying to start a conversation.

Once again, President Trump’s foreign policy tweeting is causing problems.

The United States has joined Great Britain and much of Europe in retaliating against Russia for the attempted murder of a former Russian spy on British soil.

The President’s new attempt to ban transgender Americans from serving in the military is as legally defective as the original ban was.

The Defense Department will reportedly recommend to President Trump that transgender members of the service currently serving in the military be allowed to continue serving.