An Urban's Rural View

AUKUS, the pact between the U.S., the United Kingdom and Australia under which the French lost a big submarine contract, puts new strains on U.S.-EU relations.

As optimal temperatures move north, Siberia's permafrost will melt, potentially opening up a vast new area to farming. But will anyone want to farm it?

Calls for an Infrastructure Week diverted criticism from President Donald Trump but otherwise led nowhere. Washington needs to focus a whole year on doing something about infrastructure.

Exit polls suggest the urban-rural political divide wasn't as big this election as it was in 2016.

They may both be superpowers, but the U.S. and China don't get much respect these days in surveys of international opinion.

Should the U.S. abandon "strategic ambiguity" and tell China it will defend Taiwan militarily?

The idea that the purpose of a corporation is solely to generate profits for owners is being challenged again, and the challenge could affect farmers and ranchers.

Those unrequested envelopes of seeds from China are the modern-day equivalent of the Trojan Horse.

The president is no longer interested in trade talks with China, and anti-Communist ideologues have become America's voice.

Geopolitical events are testing the ability of the U.S. and China to be both rivals and trading partners.