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December 10, 2008
Carpe Diem
Comment by Sergei Markedonov
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Ukraine and Georgia have so far been unable to boost their status in NATO. This is probably one of the most significant events of the passing year. These countries will now have to either wait for a more favorable political environment, or to essentially adjust their approaches to foreign policy and national security. But although the delay in processing Ukraine’s and Georgia’s NATO applications can hardly be seen as a triumph of Russia’s diplomacy, it gives Russia enough time to come up with the mechanisms needed to halt the alliance’s eastward expansion altogether.

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