Outside the Beltway

Winning is impossible, but stopping is too painful.

Ukraine’s president is trying to negotiate a deal that Russia will surely reject.

The artless deal.

The Russian autocrat may be on the verge of getting what he wants.

An unusual diplomatic approach.

Who could have known?

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

A story I thought I’d never see.

A shocking but completely unsurprising development.

Really, a older, more imperialistic one.

It sounds the same in the original Russian.

There is a strong push inside the administration to allow use of US weapons to strike Russia.

A win for the good guys and a loss for Trump and Putin.

The inevitable has happened.

The killing goes on.

Will taking the war to Moscow change Putin’s calculus?

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

Membership is stalled by more support is coming.

A bad idea fueled by desperation.

The Biden Administration is pushing for a half measure.

The leveling of Bakhmut is the latest Russian atrocity.

Leaked intelligence intercepts take us inside the Ukrainian war room.

Alliance leaders have significantly different priorities regarding the conflict.

President Biden’s dangerous gambit seems to have succeeded.

Putin is losing but no one is winning.