Outside the Beltway

An increasingly undemocratic regional power is a necessary but unreliable partner.

Germany’s economy is among the worst in the OECD.

It turns out, he wasn’t all that truthful.

Jonathan Turley’s defense of the impeachment inquiry is not impressive.

The trend shows no sign of abating.

Its economic bubble has burst, which may make them more dangerous.

The longtime politician and statesman is gone at 75.

The US government is fighting back, albeit subtly.

Vivek Ramaswamy’s national coming out party was, well, interesting.

The Wagner chief is presumed dead after his plane was shot down.

Yet more leaked intelligence gives a gloomy forecast.

Our Pacific territories are giving more than they’re getting.

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

President Biden has ended a months-long impasse.

The standoff with Senator Tuberville is reaching crisis levels.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

Finally, a rationale that makes sense.

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

Is America’s military capable of fighting the next war?

And some cable “news” thoughts.

One question answered. Another raised.

Well, that de-escalated quickly.

A stupid move by a crackpot? Or a turning point?

The Biden Administration is pushing for a half measure.

What about Biden?

The Wall Street Journal failed a key test.

Protests against the governing party signal tensions in advance of fall elections.

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

There’s been a load of compromising.

The leveling of Bakhmut is the latest Russian atrocity.

A bad idea backed up by worse reasoning.

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

Do we have to pick one?

Debt-trap diplomacy has finally come home to roost.

The state Senate has amended the bill considerably.

Who knew they got cell reception?

Normal diplomacy with an abnormal ally.

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

The city once known as Koenigsberg is now Krolewiec, at least in Polish government documents.

The Pope is siding with evil.

International law enforcement agencies have made hundreds of arrests.

A weird twist to the online leak story.

The United States has not learned from Snowden and Manning.

You know the drill.

The problem has intensified—and spread beyond Ukraine secrets.

Russia is circulating doctored versions of plans for a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

A refreshing instance of normal democratic politics amid interesting times.

Sanctions and a costly war are taking their toll.