
Finalists in the running to become a visiting conservative scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder are (from left) writer Steven F. Hayward; Linda Chavez, president of the Center for Equal Opportunity; and Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution. (Associated Press)

Ron Haskins, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

This fracking site in Washington, Pa., is one of many in the country shaking up world energy markets as the U.S. moves toward no longer needing to import natural gas. The stakes are particularly large in Russia. “This is where everything is being turned on its head,” said Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia at the Brookings Institution. (Associated Press)

This fracking site in Washington, Pa., is one of many in the country shaking up world energy markets as the U.S. moves toward no longer needing to import natural gas. The stakes are particularly large in Russia. “This is where everything is being turned on its head,” said Fiona Hill, an expert on Russia at the Brookings Institution. (Associated Press)