NATO’s second-ranking official says Moscow’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and its destabilizing actions in eastern Ukraine have compelled the U.S.-led alliance to start treating Russia as more of an enemy than a partner.
This marks a turning point in decades of effort by NATO to draw Moscow closer, says Alexander Vershbow, the deputy secretary-general of the alliance. He made the remarks to a group of reporters.
Vershbow said the alliance is considering new measures aimed at deterring Russia from any aggression against NATO member countries along its border, such as the Baltic states that were once part of the Soviet Union.
Vershbow said that among possible moves by NATO are deployment of more substantial numbers of allied combat forces to Eastern Europe, either permanently or on a rotational basis.
(AP)
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what’s next russian combat forces in cuba?
#1: Either the cold war will return in full force, or Putin will be deposed after the Russian economy collapses from sanctions.
The dream of one big Europe was just a dream. NATO seemed to think being chummy with ex-enemies would end the old tensions and rivalry. How much can we rely on NATO if it is so blinded by its own goodness?