Article: Yearender: Moscow Keeps Saying "No" to NATO Expansion

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastward expansion has become the central point at issue between Russia and Western powers as Moscow keeps saying "no" to the U.S.-led military bloc's determined enlargement plans.

The row between Russia and NATO member states began to boil when leaders of the 16-nation alliance officially announced their plans to expand NATO eastwards at the Brussels summit in January 1994.

The enlargement plans, aimed at taking in former Moscow-led Warsaw Pact countries in Central and Eastern Europe, is regarded as a major step by the West to consolidate their victory in the Cold War and to contain Russia. Observers believe the security balance of Europe will be ...

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