The flawed argument about NATO expansion flows from two false premises. One is that in February 1990, when then-U.S.

Fred Kaplan makes an odd claim about Bush and NATO expansion: This is one reason President ... be welcomed into a Membership Action Plan, or MAP, that prepares nations for NATO membership ...

Nato was founded in Washington DC in April 1949 Nato's primary purpose, external was to block expansion in Europe by the former Soviet Union - a group of communist republics which included Russia.

The NATO members expressed concern about the expansion and diversification of China’s nuclear arsenal. NATO also believes that the deepening strategic partnership between China and Russia runs ...