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

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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The Soviet Union and NATO After the Soviet Wall Fall

After the Soviet wall fell, my understanding is that the West did take steps quite rapidly to try to consolidate some of the border territories. And a lot of that happened quite quickly and then Ukraine was sort of left in an in-between state for a long time. So it didn't get moved West as fast as some of the other states did. There were no formal commitments one way or another,. But it ended with Germany being reunited and then all of Germany remaining in NATO.

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