Putin’s Energy Diplomacy is Getting the Cold Shoulder
Putin’s pipe dreams to cement a flurry of energy deals with Asia and Europe are in disarray.
BY AUGUST 5, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been trying his own pivot to Asia, hoping that his country’s vast natural gas holdings could cement a new relationship with China while making it easier to bypass his quarrelsome neighbors in Europe. Unfortunately for the Russian strongman, things aren’t going so well.
