Nord Stream 2 is the Russian-built pipeline in the Baltic Sea that will transport natural gas directly from Russia to Germany. The pipeline will remove the need for Ukrainian transit of Russian natural gas, which has long been a source of leverage for Ukraine in its uneven relationship with Russia.
Our Nord Stream 2 TCUP Report series addresses the mechanisms through which Nord Stream 2 is problematic for Ukrainian national security and how it may still be stopped through legal and political means.
Videos
The Impact of Russia’s 2020 Energy Policy on Ukraine: National Security Perspectives from Both Sides of the Atlantic with Hanna Hopko, Michael Carpenter, Alina Polyakova, Alan Riley, Benjamin L. Schmitt (June 2, 2020)