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Cécile Shea weighs in on what President Trump's trip to the region could mean for a nuclear deal with Iran, US business interests, and more.

The US and Russian governments argued last week about who should get the credit for winning World War II. Both have the wrong takeaway, Paul Poast writes.

"The hard reality is that the application of rules, be they domestic or international, comes down to exercises of power," Paul Poast writes.

"The way that this war stops is very simple," Ivo Daalder argues. "It is when the pressure on Russia is significant enough that they decide that the benefits of continuing the war are outweighed by the benefits of stopping."

"Without changes to US policy, China is likely to be better positioned than the United States to reap the benefits of the global shift toward the clean energy economy," Joshua Busby and Greg Pollock argue.

Given Tehran’s weakened state and Washington’s eagerness for a deal, success is possible. However, it’s more likely to resemble the 2015 one Trump abandoned.

Several states that had long been under the US nuclear umbrella are considering developing their own nuclear weapons. Paul Poast digs into the implications.

"When you have a week like we've had with the stock market dropping that amount, it scares people, so they stop buying things," Cécile Shea says.

"A majority still want to support Ukraine, but it has slipped," Dina Smeltz tells NPR. "And the reason it's slipped is because the Republicans have tanked."

Are Trump's demands different in kind from how allies have historically interacted? Paul Poast weighs in.