Why wasn’t Russia invited into the western world or NATO, after the fall of the Soviet Union?
Russia was part of a number of Nato initiatives and institutions (partnership for peace, Nato-Russia council, etc) but Nato's Article 10 requires a unanimous invitation to join. Russia is a proud country, it wouldn't want to aspire to Nato membership only to have a historic foe (such as Turkey) h…
The Short Answer
Russia was part of a number of Nato initiatives and institutions (partnership for peace, Nato-Russia council, etc) but Nato's Article 10 requires a unanimous invitation to join. Russia is a proud country, it wouldn't want to aspire to Nato membership only to have a historic foe (such as Turkey) have power over them and require some sort of humiliating condition to join. That is a very real fear for the Russians, they don't want to be humiliated. Russian membership in Nato has been a topic of cconsideration for decades. It's a gamble; Russia could make Nato even more powerful and unite most of the world under a common security architecture if the Russians were sincere *or* it could destroy European security and create a third world war if the Russians wanted to sabotage the alliance. The risk ultimately outweighs the benefits, which is why Nato has tried to engage with Russia without allowing Russia the abiliry to sabotage Nato.
Analysis
Key Concepts: Nato, russia, russians
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