NATO
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Question: "Wasn't NATO too aggressive in its expansion to the east?"
Answer: NATO did not want to expand, many countries deseprately wanted to join it.
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https://twitter.com/page_eco/status/1497186496574812161?s=20&t=_Vo1ku_WSXhMMNw-tkXQqg
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https://twitter.com/kaa_richter/status/1500085074984849410?s=20&t=dqUsbDCDV_qybANPp7GZ3w
Question: Did NATO promise Russia that it would not expand?
Answer:
1. There is no treaty between NATO and Russia about this. If this was so important, why no treaty was signed?
2. Mikhail Gorbachev states that NO.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2014/11/06/did-nato-promise-not-to-enlarge-gorbachev-says-no/