Outside the Beltway

Trump Seeks Quick End to Quixotic War

· Wednesday, April 1, 2026 · 38 comments

Having set the region afire, he’s prepared to let others clean up the mess.

Shadow War Between Russia and Europe?

· Friday, February 27, 2026 · 11 comments

Western intelligence services are sounding the alarm.

Surprise is a Luxury We Can No Longer Afford

· Saturday, September 6, 2025 · 6 comments

If President Trump sends unwanted military force into American cities, the one thing we should not act is surprised.

Trump Launches Unhinged Attack On Robert Mueller And The Russia Investigation

· Wednesday, August 1, 2018 · 45 comments

Another morning, and another unhinged Twitter attack on the Mueller investigation by a President who claims the entire investigation is a “hoax” and “Fake News.”

Report: Putin To Run For Russian Presidency Again

· Monday, May 23, 2011 · 1 comment

Putin, Medvedev Publicly Disagree Over Libya Intervention

· Monday, March 21, 2011 · 1 comment

Spy Ring Femme Fatale Anna Chapman To Run For Russian Duma

· Friday, February 25, 2011 · No comments

Mikhail Gorbachev: Putin’s Russia Is a “Sham Democracy”

· Monday, February 21, 2011 · No comments

From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” File

· Tuesday, December 14, 2010 · No comments

Vladimir Putin Sings Blueberry Hill

· Saturday, December 11, 2010 · No comments

Vladimir Putin’s New Dog: Buffy

· Thursday, December 9, 2010 · 2 comments

Something we Didn’t Need a Leak to Tell Us…

· Sunday, November 28, 2010 · No comments

The President is Just Like…

· Monday, June 21, 2010 · 10 comments

It is notoriously difficult to judge a presidency mid-stream.

Vladimir Putin Hints At Return To Russian Presidency In 2012

· Saturday, June 12, 2010 · No comments

Protocol

· Sunday, November 15, 2009 · 53 comments

Conspiracy Week at Heretical Ideas

· Wednesday, August 12, 2009 · 7 comments

Unforced

· Thursday, July 9, 2009 · 6 comments

Most Influential Person is Moot

· Monday, April 27, 2009 · 10 comments

International Implications of the Drop in Oil Prices (Updated)

· Thursday, December 4, 2008 · 9 comments

Contrasting the U. S. and Russia

· Tuesday, September 2, 2008 · 3 comments

De-Collectivizing Russia and the Prospects for Agriculture

· Sunday, August 31, 2008 · No comments

Who Lost Russia?

· Wednesday, August 20, 2008 · 33 comments

Did U.S. Provoke Geogia-Russia Conflict?

· Sunday, August 17, 2008 · 21 comments

Munich Revisited: Is Putin Hitler?

· Wednesday, August 13, 2008 · 20 comments

Russia Orders Georgia ‘Cease-Fire’

· Tuesday, August 12, 2008 · 14 comments

Georgian Forces Retreat, Wonder Where Friends Are

· Monday, August 11, 2008 · 22 comments

Russia Invades South Ossetia, Georgia Shoots Down Russian Planes

· Friday, August 8, 2008 · 49 comments

Alexander Solzhenitsyn Dead at 89

· Monday, August 4, 2008 · 4 comments

Putin Keeps Kremlin Chair

· Tuesday, May 13, 2008 · No comments

Dmitri Medvedev, Music Lover

· Wednesday, May 7, 2008 · 3 comments

Chairman Putin

· Wednesday, April 16, 2008 · 3 comments

Larry David Fears Hillary Answering Phone

· Thursday, March 6, 2008 · 3 comments

Why Does Russia Hold Elections?

· Monday, March 3, 2008 · No comments

Russia Denounces Kosovo Independence Declaration, On Collision Course with West (Updated)

· Monday, February 18, 2008 · 5 comments

Reforming NATO

· Tuesday, January 22, 2008 · 4 comments

OTB Radio – Tonight at 7 Eastern (Updated)

· Wednesday, December 19, 2007 · No comments

Russia Starts Iran Nuclear Deliveries

· Monday, December 17, 2007 · 4 comments

Putin Wins Big in Undemocratic Election

· Monday, December 3, 2007 · 10 comments

OSCE Monitors Denied Russian Visas

· Friday, November 16, 2007 · 1 comment

Putin to Control Russia After Leaving Office

· Tuesday, November 13, 2007 · 1 comment

Sarkozy: Bombing Iran an Option

· Wednesday, August 29, 2007 · 4 comments

Administration Rebukes Putin

· Thursday, May 31, 2007 · No comments

In Memoriam: Boris Yelstin

· Monday, April 23, 2007 · 1 comment

What Americans Know: Not Much

· Monday, April 16, 2007 · 10 comments

Lebanon Asks for UN Cease-fire as Total Middle East War Looms

· Saturday, July 15, 2006 · 18 comments

Russians Helped Saddam Hussein During Invasion

· Saturday, March 25, 2006 · 1 comment

Putin sacks Russian Navy chief

· Monday, September 5, 2005 · No comments

Putin Calls for Vodka Monopoly

· Saturday, July 2, 2005 · 3 comments

Putin Steals Patriots Owner Kraft’s Ring

· Wednesday, June 29, 2005 · 1 comment

China: Far from Reformed

· Sunday, April 24, 2005 · No comments

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