Biden’s Erdogan appeasement shows he learned nothing from Nord Stream 2

Published May 17, 2022 12:00pm ET



It has been just six years since Russia’s Gazprom and its German partners announced plans to expand Russian gas imports into Europe via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Greed motivated Germany, but Russian President Vladimir Putin’s interest went deeper. He understood the strategic value of a pipeline that would essentially unlink Ukraine from Europe.

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