02523cam a2200361 a 4500 2109371 20260212113022.0 961218s1997 ctu b 001 0 eng 96052629 9798765141915 (paperback) 2109371 DLC DLC DLC AU eng e------ n------ e-ur-ru Alfaisal Main Library UA646 .G38 2025 Gardner, Hall. Dangerous crossroads : Europe, Russia, and the future of NATO / Hall Gardner. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2025 ©2025 279 p. ; 25 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-264) and indexes. Gardner 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" North Atlantic Treaty Organization. National security Europe. Security, International. Russia (Federation) Foreign relations Europe. Europe Foreign relations Russia (Federation) Print books. local 4 lcc BOOKS 608390 608390 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2026-02-12 0 UA646 .G38 2025 AU00000000021400 2026-02-12 11:31:54 285.00 2026-02-12 BOOKS