Why Nord Stream 2 is not ‘leverage’ for the West

Published December 7, 2021 12:00am ET



If Mexican drug cartels somehow built a vast pipeline to supply their drugs right up to the U.S. border and did so with the approval of the Mexican government, would that pipeline give the U.S. leverage? Or would it give the cartels leverage?

I ask that hypothetical question in light of Jake Sullivan’s statement on Nord Stream 2 on Tuesday.

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