The world is staring down a brutal winter. But there's a clear solution to the crisis — if we aren't too scared to use it.

The Western world has enjoyed three decades of increasing globalization, cheap energy, and relative geopolitical peace. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February marked a sharp reversal of these trends as the US, European Union, and the rest of the West scrambled to end all economic ties with Russia. The most glaring effect of these sanctions was on the world's energy markets. Kartik Menon explains how America could lead the world in weaning off Russian energy.

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The world is staring down a brutal winter. But there's a clear solution to the crisis — if we aren't too scared to use it.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February marked the reversal of cheap energy.