Outside the Beltway

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.

The latest chapter in an all too familiar story.

They’ve got a new President, but there’s still much to do.

Today’s foreign-policy disputes rarely consider the way America’s response to one crisis might affect another.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

Is “Finlandization” a viable option for Ukraine?

Not surprisingly, Russia’s acquisition of Crimea comes with quite a potential bonanza in natural resources.

Hubris.

The Associated Press doesn’t want its reporters to get too wordy.

A new poll indicates that most Americans don’t want to see the United States intervening overseas.

A grim new poll for the President and his Democratic allies.

It appears what we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.

Provocative words from Vice-President Biden. But, are they realistic?

NATO seems intent on sending a signal to Vladmir Putin that there are limits to his patience.

In retrospect, and in comparison with other recent Presidents, George Herbert Walker Bush’s four years in office were pretty darn good.

NATO may be preparing to send Russia a message.

Could economic chaos bring Egyptians back out into the streets?

The future may hold a lot of vehement arguing over insignificant bits of territory.

Benjamin Wallace-Wells wonders with some irritation “Why Henry Kissinger Never Goes Away.”

Americans are skeptical about getting involved in the Ukraine crisis. This isn’t a surprise.

Getting nuclear weapons out of Ukraine in 1994 was a good idea, not a mistake.