| ID | 087088 |
| Title Proper | Myth of a no-Nato enlargement pledge to Russia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kramer, Mark |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the latter half of the 1990s, as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was preparing to expand its membership for the first time since the admission of Spain in 1982, Russian officials claimed that the entry of former Warsaw Pact countries into NATO would violate a solemn ''pledge'' made by the governments of West Germany and the United States in 1990 not to bring any former Communist states into the alliance.1 Anatolii Adamishin, who was Soviet deputy foreign minister in 1990, claimed in 1997 that ''we were told during the German reunification process that NATO would not expand.'' Other former Soviet officials, including Mikhail Gorbachev, made similar assertions in 1996-1997 |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 32, No.2; April 2009: p39-61 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol. 32, No.2; April 2009: p39-61 |
| Key Words | Russia ; NATO ; Enlargement |