Sachs: Europe missed the opportunity to curb American influence with Russia
Germany and the European Union missed the opportunity to use close energy and economic relations with Russia, including the Nord Stream pipelines, as leverage to strengthen their own position in relation to the United States, assessed American economist and professor at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs. According to Columbia, Sachs is a university professor and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at that institution.
TL;DR
- Jeffrey Sachs, an American economist and Columbia University professor, stated that Germany and the EU missed an opportunity.
- This missed opportunity involved using close energy and economic relations with Russia, including the Nord Stream pipelines.
- Sachs believes these ties could have served as leverage to enhance Europe's position relative to the United States.