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Russia | NATO Enlargement Should Eventually Incorporate Russia
In April 1998 Congress voted to approve the inclusion of three countries—Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic— into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the U.S.-led military alliance whose purpose for many years was to defend Western Europe against a possible invasion by the Soviet Union. The demise of the Soviet Union has led to much debate on NATO’s future. In the following viewpoint, Charles A. Kupchan argues that Russia should be the next country admitted into NATO. Russia will be thereby peacefully involved in Europe’s affairs, he contends, and democratic...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalist Reforms Created Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Capitalist Reforms Did Not Create Russia’s Economic Crisis
- Russia’s Crime Problem Stems from Its Failure to Replace the Soviet State
- Russia’s Crime Problem Is a Direct Legacy of the Soviet State
- An Environmental Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- A Public Health Crisis Underlies Russia’s Problems
- Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
- Chapter 3 Preface
- Russia Poses an Expansionist Threat
- Russia Does Not Pose an Expansionist Threat
- The Proliferation of Russian Nuclear Weapons Is a Serious Global Threat
- The Threat of Russia- Sponsored Nuclear Proliferation Is Exaggerated
- The Russian Mafia Is a Serious Threat to the United States
- There Is No Russian Mafia Threat in the United States
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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