The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations

Over the past 30 years, NATO-Russia relations have come a long way. The present paper provides a retrospective analysis of the NATO-Russia relations that may shed new light on their current state and prospects for development. The author shows that after the collapse of the bipolar world, and the Ru...

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Main Author: V. I. Batyuk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Moscow University Press 2020-11-01
Series:Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика
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Online Access:https://fmp.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/33
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description Over the past 30 years, NATO-Russia relations have come a long way. The present paper provides a retrospective analysis of the NATO-Russia relations that may shed new light on their current state and prospects for development. The author shows that after the collapse of the bipolar world, and the Russian Federation’s emergence on the international scene as a sovereign state, Moscow did not exclude the possibility of establishing partnership and even allied relations with the North Atlantic Alliance. In fact, during the 1990s2000s, Russia and the Alliance cooperated successfully in such areas as the fight against piracy and international terrorism, rescue at sea, etc. However, hopes for a full-fledged partnership between Moscow and Brussels did not materialize as a result of the Alliance’s advance to the East, to the Russian border. NATO’s eastward enlargement — combined with the firm position of the official Washington and Brussels on the unacceptability of Russia’s membership in the Alliance — meant a complete exclusion of Russia from the decision-making process on the European security. At the same time, for a variety of reasons, in the post-bipolar world the military-political dependence of the Western European subregion on Washington did not decrease, as many hoped, but, on the contrary, has increased, thus excluding for Moscow the very possibility to play on the contradictions between the United States and its European allies. Accession to the Alliance of the Eastern and Southern European ‘recruits’ (many of which shared strong anti-Russian sentiments) further limited the Russia’s possibilities for such maneuvering. The Alliance thus became an instrument of the US global domination — a domination which Moscow rejects categorically. The author concludes that in these circumstances, it will not be easy to overcome the military-political contradictions between Russia and NATO.
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spelling doaj.art-331886f8fae24f96b603ef90f5062cf62024-04-11T09:57:51ZengMoscow University PressВестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика2076-74042020-11-0112133110.48015/2076-7404-2020-12-1-3-3132The Evolution of the NATO-Russia RelationsV. I. Batyuk0Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки «Институт Соединенных Штатов Америки и Канады Российской академии наук»; Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Национальный исследовательский университет Высшая школа экономики»Over the past 30 years, NATO-Russia relations have come a long way. The present paper provides a retrospective analysis of the NATO-Russia relations that may shed new light on their current state and prospects for development. The author shows that after the collapse of the bipolar world, and the Russian Federation’s emergence on the international scene as a sovereign state, Moscow did not exclude the possibility of establishing partnership and even allied relations with the North Atlantic Alliance. In fact, during the 1990s2000s, Russia and the Alliance cooperated successfully in such areas as the fight against piracy and international terrorism, rescue at sea, etc. However, hopes for a full-fledged partnership between Moscow and Brussels did not materialize as a result of the Alliance’s advance to the East, to the Russian border. NATO’s eastward enlargement — combined with the firm position of the official Washington and Brussels on the unacceptability of Russia’s membership in the Alliance — meant a complete exclusion of Russia from the decision-making process on the European security. At the same time, for a variety of reasons, in the post-bipolar world the military-political dependence of the Western European subregion on Washington did not decrease, as many hoped, but, on the contrary, has increased, thus excluding for Moscow the very possibility to play on the contradictions between the United States and its European allies. Accession to the Alliance of the Eastern and Southern European ‘recruits’ (many of which shared strong anti-Russian sentiments) further limited the Russia’s possibilities for such maneuvering. The Alliance thus became an instrument of the US global domination — a domination which Moscow rejects categorically. The author concludes that in these circumstances, it will not be easy to overcome the military-political contradictions between Russia and NATO.https://fmp.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/33российская федерациясевероатлантический альянснатопартнерствоборьба с терроризмомрасширение натовоенно-политическая конфронтацияидеологическая борьба
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The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
Вестник Московского Университета. Серия XXV: Международные отношения и мировая политика
российская федерация
североатлантический альянс
нато
партнерство
борьба с терроризмом
расширение нато
военно-политическая конфронтация
идеологическая борьба
title The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
title_full The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
title_fullStr The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
title_full_unstemmed The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
title_short The Evolution of the NATO-Russia Relations
title_sort evolution of the nato russia relations
topic российская федерация
североатлантический альянс
нато
партнерство
борьба с терроризмом
расширение нато
военно-политическая конфронтация
идеологическая борьба
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