Marko Mihkelson, Member of Parliament
Four former German top security policy figures published an Open Letter in Der Spiegel in which they proposed to start with Russia’s gradual accession to NATO. Emphasising the emergence of Asian centres of power in the multipolarising world, the authors of the letter consider uniting North America, Europe and Russia under a common security policy denominator an important counterbalance to it.
Multi-polar world is becoming a reality and thus also a phenomenon influencing international relations. Essentially the interest driven great power relations (Realpolitik) are emerging to the foreground again and equally the danger of confrontation of different power centres is increasing.
There is no doubt that in this context also the role of NATO has to be reviewed. For that purpose, in recent months there have been discussions about the new Strategic Concept of the Alliance. As far as I know, this does not foresee the rapid inclusion of Russia.
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