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Comment: Russia and NATO.

  • UPSC 1995
  • 20 marks
  • Regionalisation of World Politics

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949) is legally a collective self-defence alliance under Article 51 of the UN Charter. It is not a Chapter VIII regional arrangement, but it acts as Europe's regional security organisation. After 1991 its relationship with Russia became the central question of Europe's security order. In 1995, when this question was…

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  • Phase 1: Engagement, 1991–2008
  • Phase 2: Estrangement, 1999–2021
  • Phase 3: Rupture, 2022 onwards
  • The theoretical debate
  • Significance for India
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