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"As long as Russians are able to export oil, especially to China, that's going to keep them financially afloat," Paul Poast explains on WGN.

More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.

"MAGA Republicans are playing into the perception that foreign crises are soaking up scarce dollars that could be used at home," Paul Poast writes.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a domestic push toward alternative energy sources.

The summer’s record temperatures have reignited the international farmworker health crisis.

Russia's use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine would be catastrophic, but not solely because of the physical damage the it would cause, Paul Poast writes.

Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative.

Ukraine joining NATO will not increase tensions. It will reduce them, argue Ivo Daadler, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Stefano Stefanini.