Different aspects of NATO — Russia relationship during the last decade

NATO and Russia as significant international actors have a decisive influence on stability and security of Euro-Atlantic region. During the last decade NATO transformed into more political mechanism for spreading stability and liberal democratic values therefore NATO-Russia relationship changed its vector. However there still remains quite visible confrontation in many issues. In spite of two enlargements in 1999 and 2004, which had mainly political rationale, there are other possibilities and wills for further NATO expansion to the Balkans and Eastern Europe. Nevertheless intention to expand the Alliance to the East has been received with sustained objections from Russian officials and different groups of interest. Talking about the reasons for expanding the NATO it is necessary to mention that every enlargement adds to the security of existing members and enhances the security of the candidate countries. The other thing is that expanding NATO annoys Russia and makes it less cooperative, and so diminishes security and stability in practice. However after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Russia was accepted as a partner in counterterrorism policy of NATO, especially by the United States of America. In fact Putin concluded that Moscow could live with NATO enlargement if the alliance were transformed into a more political institution. The development of substantive cooperation in the fight against terrorism ran parallel to negotiations on deepening the institutional relationship between Russia and NATO. Moreover NATO-Russia Council was created. However Moscow was not given a veto on the autonomy of the Alliance. Only working on the basis of consensus was accepted. On the other hand the fact is that during the last decade more and more politicians started talking about Russia joining NATO. The other thing is that the main difficulty lies in Russia itself –what is going on inside the country, the state of its...

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