BIDEN BEDEVILED: Russia’s ominous troop buildup on Ukraine’s border, China’s not-so-veiled threats against Taiwan, North Korea’s intransigence on denuclearization, and the looming collapse of the Iran nuclear talks are creating a perfect storm of seemingly intractable foreign policy conundrums as President Joe Biden comes to the end of his first term in office.

RUSSIA: As NATO foreign ministers gather in Riga, Latvia, today and tomorrow, there will be lots of talk about strengthening the trans-Atlantic alliance and America’s rock-solid commitment to the defense of NATO allies, but looming over the ministerial is the specter of Russia’s possible incursion into eastern Ukraine, as nearly 100,000 troops and heavy weapons are poised on the border.