Bush's Rebuff of Russian Membership in NATO Over a year ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Russia could in the long-term become a NATO member. Many of us have been arguing here and elsewhere that this should have been a long-term strategic objective after the fall of the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact. Only Russia's full integration into Europe can guarantee European security from the east. Unfortunately, this point of view appears not to be shared by President Bush as evidenced by his presumably carefully chosen words delivered in Warsaw: he called for opening NATO membership to all democracy-seekong states "from the Baltic to the Black Sea." This seems to be yet another signal from Washington that Russia is not welcome in NATO. I have offered an alternative -- associate membership -- in an oped piece which has not been published. If it is not, I will send to JRL in a week or so. Gordon M. Hahn Hoover Institution Stanford University Miroslav Antic, http://www.antic.org/ STOP NOVOM SVETSKOM PORETKU ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bUrBE8.bVKZIq Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
