The economic crisis hasn’t changed things—Europe still depends on Russia for its natural-gas supplies.
Ukraine should serve as a link between America and Russia—not a point of contention.
Russia’s stonewalling on Iran is easy to explain—Moscow wants to maintain its hold over Europe’s natural-gas supply.
Everybody shares the blame for the recent conflict. Neither Ukraine, Russia, the EU or even the United States come out with their hands clean or their relationships intact.
The solution to Europe’s energy woes isn’t political unification against a Russian threat. Europeans should keep politics out of energy and let markets do their jobs.
With instability in the Middle East now compounded by a resurgent Russia, the time is ripe to push for a major breakthrough in U.S.-Iran relations.
There is a new counterweight to NATO. The crisis in Georgia has brought balancing back.
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens has launched a massive public-relations blitz to promote his wind-turbine plan. The Democrats seem to like it, but there’s a better way to achieve energy independence.
It’s en vogue to say that the magnitude of America’s energy problem makes it insurmountable. But one solution would go a long way toward shoring up our economic, as well as strategic, position: nuclear energy.
Rhetoric aside, none of the candidates will really be able to avert an economic downturn. With Obama pushing the connection between the economy and the Iraq war, perceptions could make all the difference come November.