NATO AT 70 YEARS OF EXISTENCE: MYTHS AND / OR CONTROVERSIES REVEALED CONCERNING NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP
NATO AT 70 YEARS OF EXISTENCE: MYTHS AND / OR CONTROVERSIES REVEALED CONCERNING NATO-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP

Summary/Abstract: Both the Alliance (NATO) and Russia, as the successor to the USSR, were challenged to realize that there was no way to return to the old relationships of decades of confrontation, but a historic necessity to find a form of coexistence in the new security environment. Therefore, in those circumstances, the only solution was to build a new relationship starting from the existing state and looking onto the future with confidence instead of making analyses of the past. Regarding the NATO-Russia relationship, there have been a number of controversies and even some myths were born that were eventually clarified or even debunked by NATO transparency. NATO is far from seeking a confrontation with Russia, but it is rather interested in the establishment and maintenance of stable relations in ways that foster an adequate level of trust and transparency.

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