Russıa-Nato Relatıons Past, Present And Future

ABSTRACT

Nato's political and military comments on the security environment after the Cold War were primarily due diligence. In this period when predictability became difficult, process management, in which even "uncertainty" was perceived as a threat, was actually due to a lack of methodological paradigm in analysis and predictions. In other words, how to assess and detect threats was lost in the bureaucratic congestion of the Alliance. As a matter of fact, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, the focus was on what was "opposed" rather than "who", and this approach was correct. Because even the types of conflicts that existed in the past were rapidly conceptualized with different interpretations of the new era and required to turn to facts rather than actors. Under these circumstances, NATO has tended to question traditionalism in military activism and to move towards new types of missions. Nato's post-Cold War experience also coincided with its geographical expansion. In other words, while new threats and security situations shaped the Alliance's thinking world, the multi-edged threat plane required consideration of different problem areas at the same time. While areas of member states such as public safety are on the rise in the shadow of climate change, the concerns and perceptions of threats inherited from the Cold War period of the states accepted as members dictated the preservation of the level of war readiness in the traditional sense. Russia's invasion and annexation of Crimea and its attempt to seize Donbas from the inside confirmed the concerns. Thus, Russia has proven that it alone can challenge the United States or NATO. It turned out that countries with ethnic Russian populations or pro-Russian political leanings were particularly susceptible to Russian influence. Speaking after his meeting with US Secretary of State Blinken, Lavrov's use of the term "symmetural zone" showed how Russia perceives not only NATO expansion but also its own expansionism with cold war logic. The current situation in Ukraine, on the other hand, should push NATO beyond the level of combat readiness and seek recicialization, while Biden's talk of economic sanctions has called into question the cohesion between political and military determinations. In this study, the development process of the relationship between the parties will be discussed. and the factors affecting this process will be emphasized. Also, Russia's stances and reservations towards enlargement will be examined and NATO's It will be tried to determine how effective Russia is in its immediate surroundings. As a result, the possible future of the relationship between the parties and Russia's involvement in NATO. The possibility of becoming a member will be discussed.