NATO leaders counter that eastern enlargement is not a cause of the Ukraine crisis, and they argue that enlargement does not threaten Russia, but rather it creates stability for all of Europe. This article examines the history of NATO鈥揜ussian tensions over enlargement, considers how NATO's ...
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 ...
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...
“With its drive to enlarge NATO, the West has essentially trampled upon the indivisibility of security, the vital principle, which states that one party must not seek to achieve its own security at the expense of other parties,” he said. Makei said NATO and the West, in their quest ...
"There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. The president has spoken about this. That didn't need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians," Steve Witkoff said Revisionist History By Peter Wade Top stories newsletter A Cultural Force That...
Experts say the cause of the military conflict can be tied to a complicated history, Russia’s tensions with NATO and the ambitions of Vladimir Putin.
NATO held its official ceremony for the accession of Sweden, the alliance's 32nd member, in Brussels, raising the Swedish flag over the organization's headquarters for the first time in history. "Today as we raise the Swedish flag we stand together in unity and solidarity, committed to prote...
"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...
"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." ...
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