and its leader Mikhail Gorbachev had taken the stand to dissolve the organization in the hope, and with the "promise," that NATO membership would not be extended to Eastern Europe. There was no written arrangement between the USSR and the U.S.; this was more of an ...
inUkraineinHistory Also known as: Ukrayina Written by Lubomyr A. Hajda Associate Director, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University. Coeditor ofThe Nationalities Factor in Soviet Politics and Society. Lubomyr A. Hajda, Oleksa Eliseyovich Zasenko ...
Since the end of the Cold War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has pushed for five rounds of eastward expansion up to Russia's borders. As Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, if the U.S. and NATO missile systems appear in Ukraine, it would take those missiles only mi...
Arnold said recent history shows Russia is "an aggressive state, and if they win in Ukraine, they're going to most likely start to look at other states in Europe, particularly the Baltic states." "From an American perspective, through NATO as an alliance, that will draw America into a wi...
"For the first time in our history, we are deploying the NATO response force," said the NATO chief, who termed NATO as a defensive alliance that does not seek conflict with Russia. The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine could take place on Wednesday, the TASS news age...
The history of Ukrainians outside Ukraine is examined inOrest Subtelny,Ukrainians in North America: An Illustrated History(1991);Ann Lencyk Pawliczko(ed.),Ukraine and Ukrainians Throughout the World(1994);Vic Satzewich,The Ukrainian Diaspora(2002); andWsevolod W. Isajiw,Yury Boshyk, and...
Ukraine, in particular, is a “critical element” of this ambition, Bowman adds. Putin has a history of invading and occupying countries that approach NATO membership. Russian armies invaded the former Soviet state of Georgia in 2008 as that country was pursuing membership in the alliance. They...
"But Ukrainian people are watching us," he added. "The Kremlin is watching us, and history is watching us. So we won't let up. And we won't waver in our determination to help Ukraine defend itself from Russia's imperial aggression." ...
This article argues that many of Ukraine's problems are long-standing and remain unresolved because government policies are virtual (i.e. do not conform to official documents or statements) thereby reducing the effectiveness of the West's (here understood primarily as NATO and the EU) engagement...
an important first step on the path to membership, in the EU.NATO, decried by some as irrelevant in the 21st century, found a renewed purpose and sense of solidarity in the wake of the Russian invasion.FinlandandSweden, two countries with a long history ofneutrality, each signaled their i...