Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... “red line.” Moscow has now made clear its opposition to the further enlargement of both NATO and the EU to Ukraine and Georgia, among other former Soviet-bloc states. Moscow has also opposed the deepening of NATO military infrastructure, including Missile Defense systems, on the territory of new member states. Moscow has likewise been pressuring EU members Sweden and Finland not to join NATO 4 . NATO enlargement in the Baltic region now reinforced since 2014 with the deployment of “rotating” ...
28.06.2017