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Wasn't there an informal deal struck between Gorbachev and (I think) Clinton that Russia would be allowed to join NATO if the Soviet Union broke up? Or am I misremembering that
There was an informal deal around NATO not expanding to around Russia, which is what mearshimer and have both talked about before.
I think Russia tried to join NATO more to prove it was anti-russia
The USSR tried to join NATO under Kruschev in 1954
Another (rare) Kruschev W
I think the RF also tried but was likewise rejected
keep in mind that this was before the warsaw pact was even a thing, but the US was meanwhile injecting cash, weapons etc. into west germany less than 10 years after the holocaust, and allowing "former" nazis like Adolf Heusinger into key positions within NATO command structure. The USSR tried to join NATO To get some say in these proceedings but were rejected? Why? Not ~~democratic~~ capitalist enough.
This is hilarious. I love it.
Vyacheslav stay winning