Russia and the New NATO
The project looks at the development of Russia-NATO relations after the Cold War.Participants
The main goal of this project is to shed light on the development of the relations between Putin’s Russia and NATO. When Vladimir Putin came to power in 1999, the relations between Russia and NATO reached the lowest point in the post-Cold War period. The main reason for this deterioration was the NATO-led intervention in Kosovo in 1999. However, the new Russian leadership embarked on a pragmatic policy towards cooperation with the West, and the events of 11 September 2001 cemented this cooperation even further. The project seeks to analyse what have been the main driving forces behind this new Russian approach to NATO and to give a better understanding of the mid- and long-term trends in the development of this important relationship. The project resulted in a book chapter on Russia–NATO relations (published by Routledge in 2005) and in several articles on this complex relationship. A longer and more detailed analysis of this topic is to be published as a book.
Funding
Ministry of Defence and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs.
