ASSESSMENTS
U.S.-Russian Summit: Negotiating NATO Expansion
Jul 7, 2009 | 16:25 GMT
Summary
U.S. President Barack Obama appeared to reveal a new policy for NATO accession for former Soviet states, or at least that is how Russia sees it. The apparent concessions are merely a shift in the public position on the qualifications of a competent NATO member, but the United States can easily renege on this new policy if it perceives that Moscow is backtracking on its commitments.
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