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Article: NATO, go East; as NATO spreads to the East, Russia may decide to look eastward as well.
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- National Review
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- August 11, 1997
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As NATO spreads to the East, Russia may decide to look eastward as well.
Mr. Straus, U.S. Coordinator of the Committee on Eastern Europe and Russia in NATO, can be reached at 703-521-5759.
As NATO expansion moves ahead after the Madrid Sum-mit, the issue of how to deal with Russia will not vanish. Whether or not the expansion into Central Europe succeeds -- but especially if it does -- it is vital to develop a relationship with Russia for the long run.
Russia is bitterly opposed to the expansion of a NATO from which Russia is permanently excluded. Why? Boris Berezovsky, Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council and the most uninhibited of the new ...