Outside the Beltway

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

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

James LaPorta is being scapegoated for poor editorial process.

Waaaay too little, waaay too late.

The collaboration has been even more robust than advertised.

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

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

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

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

It’s much bigger than it appears.

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

Gallup has him at his highest point in a year.

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

A 2020 blowout has long been presumed. But maybe it won’t happen.

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

Normalcy is not a bad thing.

Not only has the war changed, but so have the combatants.

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

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

Foreign policy makes strange bedfellows.

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

The retired general and think tank president is in hot water.

Our ostensible ally is seeking to rebrand itself.

A diplomatic nightmare brewing since last week is now upon us.

Are retired officers on defense boards presumed liars?

The Pope is indeed Catholic. The rest is up for debate.

The proxy war is working.

Many and small beats large and heavy. Finding beats flanking. Swarming beats surging.

A fascinating report from the WSJ.

The first round is currently being held.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

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

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

The invasion has led to a series of proxy wars.

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

Putin must be worrying about losing what little empire he has built.

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

Ukraine’s leader wants more help than he’s going to get.

The most likely outcome is not a happy one.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

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

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

Vladimir Putin is banning commodity exports.

It’s hard to see how this crisis ends.

Actions deemed unthinkable days earlier are suddenly mandatory.

One can see the faintest hint of a backbone in the former Vice President.

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.