Towards a new Russia strategy for NATO
Over the past two years and more, Russia is waging a brutal, unjustified, and unjustifiable all-out war against Ukraine. To ensure that Ukraine can defend itself and its right to territorial integrity and self-determination, the US, the EU, NATO nations and partners have provided in a large international coalition unprecedented support to the country in peril.
But so far, when looking at Russia, NATO has been unable or unwilling to answer the question: What is the strategy we should pursue in the years and decades ahead against a revanchist regime whose aggression clearly goes beyond Ukraine? What is our collective response to Putinism, for which the demolishment of Ukraine is “just” one building block in the fight against democracies and open societies – and everything NATO stands up for?
Against this backdrop, and with a view to stimulating an overdue debate, the article from Gerlinde Niehus offers food for thought on how such a new and ambitious Russia strategy for NATO could look like. The article outlines a possible vision and mission for such a strategy, as well as a number of main building blocks for a coherent NATO Russia strategy.
Read the full piece below.
* the opinions expressed in the article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of GLOBSEC.
