NATO’s “Open Door” Policy—The Approximate Casus Belli

When Russia’s Vladimir Putin demanded that the U.S. rule out Ukraine as a future member of the NATO alliance, the U.S. archly replied: NATO has an open-door policy. Any nation, including Ukraine, may apply for membership and be admitted. We’re not changing that.

 

 

https://buchanan.org/blog/did-we-provoke-putins-war-in-ukraine-159120