Scientist: Nord Stream 2 is a symbol of everything that went wrong
Europe has been slow to realize the pivotal role energy plays in security policy in Russia, notes Danish Institute for International Studies. The Nord Stream 2 saga illustrates the problem better than any other, and it will prove costly to relinquish it, admits scientist.
BY MATHIAS JULIUS FALKENGAARD, TRANSLATED BY CHRISTOFFER ØSTERGAARD & DANIEL FRANK CHRISTENSEN
There can no longer be any doubt that energy supply is fused with security policy. But in the European Union and in Germany especially, this realization should have come much sooner. For years, Russian gas exports have illustrated that energy can be a type of weapon.
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