Those who used to oppose Ukraine's accession to NATO are changing their position. One of these is Henry Kissinger, a former US Secretary of State, and there is rationality in this.
This opinion on Channel 24 was voiced by political scientist Andrei Vigirinsky. What might Kissinger's words about Ukraine's accession to NATO really mean?
Kissinger's previous position
Vigirinsky said that Kissinger explained his logic in his long speech. His previous position was that Ukraine should not join NATO because it could provoke a war with Russia. There is currently a war going on and this argument is no longer valid.
Because of this, as a result of the end of the war at any stage, Ukraine may receive guarantees to become a member of NATO. He has been talking about this since last summer. As a result of the war, Ukraine will withdraw from one of the most powerful conventional armies, which will be equipped with NATO-standard equipment, the political scientist noted.
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NATO Open Door Policy
He continued that Kissinger's logic is consistent. We know about NATO's open door policy. They constantly said that perhaps someday Ukraine would become a member of the Alliance. This fueled our interest in NATO since 2007, and it was an incentive for the development of the military-industrial complex, the economy on the way to NATO membership.
“These flirtations, I offer as a version and do not say that it is true, in In general, they woke up Russia to consider Ukraine as a threat, anti-Russia even before the start of the war. But the war has already begun, and as a result of Ukraine's exit from this threat as a sovereign state, there is no fear that Ukraine will not become a member of NATO, “Vigirinsky noted.
Ukraine's accession to NATO: latest news
- Our state expects powerful steps from the North Atlantic Alliance. Rhetoric about an “open door” is not enough.
- Ukraine may join NATO in the short term. Our state can do this together with Sweden and Finland or immediately after them.
- The President of France considers it unlikely that our state will join the North Atlantic Alliance. Macron stressed that it is difficult to imagine such a thing with modern Russia.
