The U.S. has declared energy cooperation with Russia as one of the main points of a strategic framework the Bush administration is developing with the Kremlin. The May Bush-Putin summit declarations, as well as conversations with government energy officials in Moscow and senior managers of the major Russian oil producers, indicate the beginnings of a major energy-policy trend. The U.S. has begun expanding Russia's role in the global energy markets, and is turning turn the vast Eurasian landmass into one of the major oil suppliers to the U.S. — alongside Mexico, Nigeria, and other non-OPEC producers. These developments will...