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LeeVan
På den tiden såg Putin Nato som en allierad. George W. Bush den yngre tog honom brutalt ur den villfarelsen. Där lades f.ö. grunden för vad vi idag ser i Ukraina.
Vladimir Putin first explicitly mentioned NATO as a threat to Russia in the early 2000s, particularly after NATO's eastward expansion began to include former Warsaw Pact countries and former Soviet republics. His concerns became more pronounced after NATO's 2004 enlargement, which brought in the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), bringing the alliance closer to Russia's borders.
Putin's 2007 speech at the Munich Security Conference is often cited as a key moment when he openly criticized NATO's expansion and its implications for Russia's security. In that speech, he described NATO's actions as a "serious provocation" and expressed concerns about the alliance's growing military infrastructure near Russia's borders. This marked a turning point in Russia's rhetoric toward NATO, framing it as a direct threat to Russian interests.
Since then, Putin has repeatedly emphasized NATO's expansion as a threat to Russia's national security, particularly in the context of conflicts such as the 2008 Russia-Georgia War, the 2014 annexation of Crimea, and the ongoing tensions in Ukraine.
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The discussion about Ukraine potentially joining NATO began in the early 2000s, following Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and its gradual shift toward closer ties with Western institutions. Here are some key milestones in the discussion:
1994: Ukraine joined NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) program, which was designed to build trust and cooperation between NATO and non-member states in Europe and the former Soviet Union. This marked the beginning of Ukraine's engagement with NATO.
2002: Under President Leonid Kuchma, Ukraine formally expressed its desire to join NATO, and a NATO-Ukraine Action Plan was adopted. This signaled Ukraine's interest in eventual membership, though it was not an immediate priority at the time.
2008 NATO Bucharest Summit: A significant moment in the discussion occurred at this summit, where NATO members debated whether to offer Ukraine and Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP), a formal step toward joining the alliance. While the summit declaration stated that Ukraine and Georgia "will become members of NATO" in the future, no MAP was granted due to opposition from some NATO members, including Germany and France, who were concerned about provoking Russia.
2010: Under President Viktor Yanukovych, Ukraine officially abandoned its NATO membership aspirations, adopting a non-aligned status. This decision was seen as an effort to improve relations with Russia.
2014: Following Russia's annexation of Crimea and the outbreak of conflict in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine's government under President Petro Poroshenko renewed its push for NATO membership. In December 2014, Ukraine's parliament voted to abandon its non-aligned status, signaling a renewed commitment to joining NATO.
2019: Ukraine formally enshrined NATO membership as a strategic goal in its constitution under President Volodymyr Zelensky. Since then, Ukraine has continued to strengthen its ties with NATO, though full membership remains a contentious issue due to the ongoing conflict with Russia and the geopolitical implications.
The discussion about Ukraine joining NATO has been a source of tension between Russia and the West, with Russia consistently opposing any further NATO expansion, particularly into Ukraine, which it considers within its sphere of influence.
