Europe was compelled to disentangle itself from Russian energy supplies not because of deliberate sanctions strategy but due to moral imperative of not funding the war, which reversed the long-anticipated dynamic where Russia would be the actor cutting off supply to Europe.

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Megan O'Sullivan

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the imagination was always that Russia was going to be the one to cut off the supply of oil and gas to Europe and what we've actually seen up until very recently is the opposite that actually Europe has felt compelled to disentangle itself from the energy relationship because of the moral imperative of not being the funders of this war

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The World’s First Energy Crisis | Foreign Affairs Interview PodcastForeign Affairs
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:30:33 PM

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