02424cam a2200325 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066020003100083035001200114040002700126043003000153050002100183100001900204245008400223260003800307264001100345300002100356336002600377337002800403338002700431504006600458520134700524610004001871650003101911650002901942651005201971651005102023655002402074210937120260212113022.0961218s1997    ctu      b    001 0 eng    a   96052629   a9798765141915q(paperback)  a2109371  aDLCcDLCdDLCdAUbeng  ae------an------ae-ur-ru00aUA646b.G38 20251 aGardner, Hall.10aDangerous crossroads :bEurope, Russia, and the future of NATO /cHall Gardner.  aWestport, Conn. :bPraeger,c2025  c©2025  a279 p. ;c25 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and indexes.  aGardner explores the global ramifications of the NATO-Russian relationship. He argues that NATO enlargement into Central Europe risks the overextension of NATO's political consensus and could provoke Russia and other states that do not expect to become full members of the alliance. He concludes by proposing an alternative system of security for the region. Gardner explores the global ramifications of the NATO-Russian relationship. He examines NATO's Partnership for Peace initiative as it relates to Russia, and he argues that NATO risks provoking Russia and other states that do not expect to become full members of the alliance. He contends that if NATO and Russia cannot reach a compromise over a new system of security in Central and Eastern Europe, then Russia could adopt an increasingly assertive Eurasian stance by more closely aligning with potentially anti-Western states such as Belarus, China, India, Iraq, and Iran. Likewise, the possibility of a renewed division of Europe cannot be ruled out. Gardner asserts that it is absolutely necessary to draw Russia into a concerted relationship with the United States and the European Union. He concludes by formulating a viable system of cooperative-collective security for all Central and Eastern European states backed by conjoint NATO, European, and Russian security guarantees"20aNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization. 0aNational securityzEurope. 0aSecurity, International. 0aRussia (Federation)xForeign relationszEurope. 0aEuropexForeign relationszRussia (Federation) 0aPrint books.2local