Biden takes a Realpolitik approach on Nord Stream 2
US President Joe Biden appears to be backing down from blocking the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, signalling that the White House recognises the construction of the $11-billion project is too advanced to be stopped, and that it risks jeopardising the transatlantic alliance, write Robert Dillon and Martin Jirušek. Robert Dillon is a senior fellow for energy security at the Rainey Center for Public Policy in Washington, D.C., and former communications director of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Martin Jirušek is an assistant professor on energy security at Masaryk Univer...