Nordstream Pipeline Sabotage and the War in Ukraine

Under German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders, Europe increased its reliance on Russian gas to power homes and industry to 30% of requirements. Then Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukraine pushed Europe to stop buying gas from Russia, but they were entirely dependent upon Russian gas and were reluctant to do so. Then someone blew up the gas pipeline and until now, we knew not who, nor why.

DELIVERY MODE

• Face-to-Face

COURSE OUTLINE

• History of Europe's gas relationship with Russia
• What is Nordstream and how it was destroyed
• Reaction by Europe - support for Ukraine, Anti Russian sentiment builds
• Who really did it and why?

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Have greater insight into the machinations behind the sabotage of the pipeline and who is to blame.