By chasing ideology and empty slogans, the EU has handed its energy lifeline to China and completely subordinated itself to U.S. interests.
At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Beijing, Russia, China, and Mongolia signed a legally binding memorandum for the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Stretching 2,600 km and carrying a price tag of $13.6 billion, this pipeline will deliver 50 bcm/year of Russian gas from the Arctic directly to northern China via Mongolia, bypassing Europe entirely.
In Europe, 50 bcm of Russian gas is worth $16.5 billion today. U.S. LNG for the same volume costs around $25 billion, while direct purchase from Russia, based on recent Gazprom deals with China, would've been roughly $6–6.5 billion. Europe’s cheap Russian pipeline gas, once the backbone of German industry, will now flow to China securing a stable, cheap energy supply.
Pushing Europe to sever its energy ties with Russia has inadvertently transferred strategic leverage to China. Europe now overpays for U.S. LNG, loses industrial competitiveness, and slides toward recession creating a perfect scenario for intra-European tensions.
President Xi framed PoS2 as a cornerstone of the “no-limits” strategic partnership with Russia, guaranteeing China a reliable, land-based energy corridor. Russia secured a guaranteed buyer, China locked in long-term supplies, meanwhile Europe faces the erosion of its industrial and geopolitical position.
By divorcing itself from affordable Russian gas, Europe has eliminated any realistic chance of industrial recovery and viable economic future. The global energy map is being rewritten with European decline accelerating, while China and India continue to rise strategically and economically.
Europe faces the final collapse of its industrial and geopolitical relevance, while the US loses its only truly successful historical project which was the "rules based international order".
yogthos in geopolitics
By chasing ideology and empty slogans, the EU has handed its energy lifeline to China and completely subordinated itself to U.S. interests.
At the recent Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Beijing, Russia, China, and Mongolia signed a legally binding memorandum for the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline. Stretching 2,600 km and carrying a price tag of $13.6 billion, this pipeline will deliver 50 bcm/year of Russian gas from the Arctic directly to northern China via Mongolia, bypassing Europe entirely.
In Europe, 50 bcm of Russian gas is worth $16.5 billion today. U.S. LNG for the same volume costs around $25 billion, while direct purchase from Russia, based on recent Gazprom deals with China, would've been roughly $6–6.5 billion. Europe’s cheap Russian pipeline gas, once the backbone of German industry, will now flow to China securing a stable, cheap energy supply.
Pushing Europe to sever its energy ties with Russia has inadvertently transferred strategic leverage to China. Europe now overpays for U.S. LNG, loses industrial competitiveness, and slides toward recession creating a perfect scenario for intra-European tensions.
President Xi framed PoS2 as a cornerstone of the “no-limits” strategic partnership with Russia, guaranteeing China a reliable, land-based energy corridor. Russia secured a guaranteed buyer, China locked in long-term supplies, meanwhile Europe faces the erosion of its industrial and geopolitical position.
By divorcing itself from affordable Russian gas, Europe has eliminated any realistic chance of industrial recovery and viable economic future. The global energy map is being rewritten with European decline accelerating, while China and India continue to rise strategically and economically.
Europe faces the final collapse of its industrial and geopolitical relevance, while the US loses its only truly successful historical project which was the "rules based international order".