The risks and rationale of expanding NATO

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the Nordic nations toward NATO. How will it change European security? Emma Ashford, Heli Hautala and Wess Mitchell join Meghna Chakrabarti.

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0:52.7	This is on point.
0:53.8	I'm Megna Chakrabardi.
0:55.2	And today, the second part of our NATO double header.
0:59.1	Yesterday, we explored the inside story of the contentious process,
1:04.1	particularly between the United States and Russia,
1:07.0	that led to NATO's significant expansion in the 1990s.
1:11.5	Publicly, however, it was all partnership and positivity.
1:15.4	As expressed by then-nado secretary General Javier Solana,
1:19.3	on July 24, 1997, just a few weeks after Hungary, Poland,
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