Is this Biden’s Munich moment?
It might be something even worse — and the clock is ticking
Nato
Monday
Sunday
The unthinkable horror of a Russia-Ukraine war
It could kill thousands, even lead to World War Three. A diplomatic path must be found
Thursday
Save Ukraine by admitting Georgia into NATO
Time for the West to finally follow through and send a strong message to Vladimir Putin
Wednesday
Don’t go to war with Russia over Ukraine
Ukraine isn’t going to join NATO. It’s time to make that clear and not drag America into another pointless conflict
Tuesday
Russia is the lost great power
Had the West embraced Moscow after the Cold War, Putin might not be menacing Ukraine today
Thursday
Can Putin ever be stopped?
The Russian president will only halt his prospective move on Ukraine if he fears the costs and risks of invasion are too high
Tuesday
America still won’t risk a war with Russia over Ukraine
That cold reality ought to be the backdrop to the ongoing crisis diplomacy between Washington and Moscow
Wednesday
Why America needs a grand bargain with Russia
It’s unfortunate but Ukraine cannot become a member of NATO
Trump is saving Nato
Isn’t it bromantic?
Wednesday
Stop pretending Ukraine will ever be in NATO
It’s a fantasy that accomplishes nothing except to provoke Vladimir Putin
Wednesday
The foreign policy amateur
So far Biden has alienated allies and layered on the bureaucracy — what next?
Tuesday
Biden’s big UN whopper
He says America doesn’t want to fight ‘the wars of the past’, but we still are
Thursday
Afghanistan and climate change: the West’s twin failures
Both have the same cause: a failure to accept reality
Wednesday
The Biden-Putin summit was a diplomatic nothingburger
There were no breakthroughs — but at least, by Putin’s account at least, there was ‘no hostility’ between the two sides
Monday
The president of platitudes
Biden’s speeches aren’t disastrous — just listless and flat
Saturday
Confessions of the secret suburban Trump moms: California
‘We’re like Freemasons: we have our own secret code’
Friday
The sunset of secular Turkey
Let’s not pretend that Turkey wants to be a Western nation with Western values
Saturday
How do you like US now?
America’s standing in the world doesn’t depend on elite opinions
Tuesday
Czar quality
Under the czars and the communists, Georgia was where Russians went to party
Friday
Confessions of a White House staffer: Nato and nutty professors
We were able to get back at the media in a small way — scheduling the press tour of the Christmas decorations for 5 a.m. on a Monday morning
