Outside the Beltway

An unusual diplomatic approach.

For all practical purposes, the Constitutional war powers have been stood on their head.

This phase seems to be over. [Or maybe not!]

Maximalist claims are almost surely overstated.

No. But it won’t matter.

The war is on.

Is dropping it on Israel the most likely reason?

Thinking about possible outcomes.

The war is on.

A major escalation in Middle East tensions is forecast.

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

A day of AI, tariffs, and world historic stupidity.

Unfortunately it is a destructive one.

The people who safeguard our nuclear weapons and put out forest fires have been fired.

Alan Dershowitz is trying to make up his mind.

Two related questions.

The perils of speaking loudly while carrying a small stick.

The White House is doing damage control.

A truly weird story.

The BBC’s security correspondent thinks so.

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

A rare man and a rare milestone.

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

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.

You be the judge.

The appetite for more resources approaches infinity.

We’re all gonna die, folks.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

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.

There’s plenty of reason for optimism.

A man made famous for discovering Iraq’s WMD program was virtually nonexistent is gone at 82.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

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

The President commits a Kinsley gaffe.

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

The disintegrating military situation is leading to escalating brutality.

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

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

Deterring Russia is a matter of principle.

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

The Biden administration is close to repairing the damage Trump caused.

Our ostensibly ally is working with our chief adversary against our interests.

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

American cheese will henceforth be known as liberté cheese. And not because of the metric system.

A follow-up to yesterday’s analysis.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.