The death toll from the Ebola virus in West Africa is now higher than 300, with over 600 infected. Health organizations say it requires an urgent response.

Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski spoke on a panel at the Wilson Center on June 16 titled “Mutual Security on Hold? Russia, the West, and European Security Architecture”. Below is a transcript of his remarks.

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that America’s ill-conceived biofuels policy could raise gas prices up to 9 percent by 2017. It’s time to end this boondoggle.

North Dakota is on track to get three new oil pipelines by 2016. Connecting the state’s Bakken shale formation with the country’s pipeline network is vital to the continued success of the shale revolution.

President Obama’s fixation on ISIS and terrorism in general is leading his administration to prioritize the wrong threats. The rise of Russia and, especially, China presents far graver threats.

Turkey moved to subdue its long-running ethnic conflict on Thursday, and Israel joined it in reaching out to Iraqi Kurdistan. There may be at least one potential beneficiary from the chaos in Iraq.

Andrew Nathan, Zainab al-Suwaj, Ruth Wedgwood, and David J. Kramer spoke on a panel entitled “The Authoritarian Threat” as part of a recent conference on “Re-thinking Democracy Promotion Amid Rising Authoritarianism.” The conference was jointly sponsored by The American Interest, Freedom House, and Johns Hopkins-SAIS.

The Commerce Department permitted two companies to start exporting oil from Texas’s Eagle Ford shale formation this week, and the firms could begin sending what is essentially unrefined oil abroad in August, the first time in nearly forty years.

The signing of the Association Agreement brings to a close the process which precipitated the standoff between Russia and the West. But the standoff itself is far from over.

As the Middle East collapses into chaos, the U.S. must change the incentives for Iran—even if that means making uncomfortable choices in DC.