Why should Europe be concerned about Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline?
With Europe in the midst of a natural gas shortage, driving energy prices up across the continent, the recent completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, running from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, would appear to be perfectly timed for solving this crisis. But it could instead prove to be the source of a bigger problem for Europe, transforming Russia-Europe relations by giving Moscow a significant economic advantage over the European continent.
In this episode of The Insight, Senior Regional Analyst for Europe, Matt Pratten, explains the geopolitical issues surrounding the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, including the current state of relations between Russia and Europe, and how Nord Stream 2 could be a game changer for the Diplomatic, Information, Military and Economic (DIME) instruments of national power, tipping the balance in favour of Russia.
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Give the full report a read on the Intelligence Fusion blog – ‘Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Geopolitics and Russia-Europe Relations’: https://hubs.ly/H0-MrSN0