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230. Russia, Ukraine, and the West | Frederick Kagan

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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NATO - What Did We Do in the 90s?

NATO was formed on the principle of an open door policy, which Putin is demanding that NATO change. The West wanted to make sure that we had a buffer against the kind of threat the Soviets had brought into central Europe during the Cold War. It's important to keep in mind that the Cold War was shaped by the fact that as we liberated territories, we made them free and offered them the opportunity to join NATO.

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