This matter is of course confusing on the surface, but it is obvious that we can think that the "Beixi-1" and "Beixi-2" natural gas pipelines located at the bottom of the sea cannot be destroyed at will, and implementations without a strong technical level cannot effectively destroy the submarine pipeline. Therefore, the implementer must be done by the state, or political forces supported by the state.
At present, it is highly likely that it was done by the United States. Ironically, many media in Europe have attributed it to Russia's "fake flag action", that is, to blame one party for creating situations that are unfavorable to oneself. However, logically speaking, Russia directly destroys the pipeline to cut off its own way of retreat, and Russia will not benefit anything if it is a "fake flag operation", but Europe may be more desperate. Therefore, the greatest possibility is the United States.
If it was done by the United States, everything is easy to understand. The United States can completely eliminate the possibility of peace between Europe and Russia by destroying the "North Stream-1" and "North Stream-2" natural gas pipelines, forcing Europe to go to the dark side in the confrontation with Russia. In addition, the United States also has sufficient technical strength and public opinion control ability to prevent Europe from launching an anti-American wave, at least not so quickly. In the face of severe inflation caused by the soaring energy price increase in Europe, the further deterioration of European security situation will accelerate the outflow of European capital, most of which should be flowing to the United States.
Of course, if the United States wants to do this, it also means that the United States' attitude towards transatlantic relations has become more negative. Europe once served as one of the pillars of the neoliberal order in the United States, playing a role in providing important manufacturing, financial and consumer markets for the American hegemony order. The United States trades with security promises, so that Europe does not have to bear too high security expenses. The neoliberal order between Europe and the United States is a close relationship of prosperity and loss.
So, if the United States intends to monetize the US-European relations rather than maintain it, then this also means the final exit of the neoliberal order. The good days in Europe will be completely over after the end of the Cold War , because the current EU itself is also constructed based on the neoliberal order. The EU is under great internal pressure at present, and if Germany cannot maintain its position as a regional integrated engine, this means that the possibility of the EU's disintegration will increase rapidly.
At this time, the United States uses this " over-limit war ". If it is instructed by the US government, it means that the United States has strategically begun to try to completely monetize the US-Europe relations, and before giving up European control, it will absorb a wave of high-quality European resources, so that Europe will no longer be controlled by the United States, and it will not constitute a strategic threat to the United States. If it was not instructed by the US government but someone "left alone", it would mean that the US government has serious lack of control, which would not be a good thing.
Overall, the US's breakthrough of the lower limit on its allies may mean a signal of overall strategic transformation, which means that even the establishment is turning to abdication of neoliberalism. However, Americans have not yet had a strategic arrangement to truly cover the decades to come, which is also significantly different from the 1970s. As for how long it will take for Europeans to realize the reason behind the current embarrassment, perhaps the key to breaking the deadlock.
China will continue to take this opportunity to absorb more European industrial capital and technology, which will be of greater benefit to China's future development and politically striving for important European countries. Of course, the premise of all this is to keep the bottom line of safety well.
