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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"NATO expansion"”.
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The cornered bear : the August 2008 war in Georgia as the culmination of Russia’s western security dilemma
… analyses have pointed to separate actions by NATO and the West as having influenced the 2008 war, this paper endeavors to show that the combined actions of the West and NATO since the fall of the Soviet Union created a security dilemma for Russia. Because the West refused to properly …
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Robust and Rhetorical Action: Explaining NATO's Long Commitment to the Bucharest Decision
… and unresolved conflicts in both countries, does NATO maintain a public commitment to a 2008 decision promising the future membership of Ukraine and Georgia? It can be argued that the "Bucharest decision" has prompted the very attack that NATO membership was meant to prevent. Russia has invaded …
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The influence of regional conflicts and military reform on the 2010 and 2014 Military Doctrines of the Russian Federation: an analysis of the development and current force posture of the Russian conventional ground forces
… threat by Russia of the continued eastward expansion by NATO into their periphery and region of influence not only provided the impetus for military action, but the deliberate inclusion of NATO as a military threat and main external danger in both doctrines. From the Russian perspective, the …
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Nationalism, Soft Annexation and Hybrid Warfare: Putin's Recipe for Russian Resurgence
… player on the international scene. Increased NATO expansion towards its borders, and the “Westernization” of Eastern Europe has led to the country feeling it has been boxed into a corner. The feeling that the Russian nation has been encroached upon by the Western world has led to the rise of …
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The Georgian Crisis and U.S.-Russian Relations
… has been creating its own intricate web: NATO’s eastward expansion; the construction of the BTC pipeline, to undermine Moscow’ regional monopoly over the pipelines routes; and sponsorship of the “color revolutions.†Determined to keep the U.S. behind the “red line,†the Kremlin …