The closest Russia ever came to joining NATO was in the early 1990s, just after the Soviet Union's collapse. NATO’s first secretary general, Lord Ismay, famously defined its purpose in 1949: “to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down.” By the 1990s, the German question had been solved by reunification. In the United States, voices once confined to the margins now argue that the alliance is a burden, not an asset.
Author: RT
Published at: 2025-08-30 19:54:15
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