The Biden administration announced on July 21 that it has dropped its opposition to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany as part of a deal with Berlin. The change in policy is indefensible—on its substance, the process behind it, the politics surrounding it, and the effects it will have on European and American security.
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David Kramer, Benjamin Parker: Biden caves, gives Putin another pipeline to Europe
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 26, 2019 workers walk at the construction site of the so-called Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, northeastern Germany.
