Deal or No Deal? The End of the Cold War and the U.S. Offer to Limit NATO Expansion
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During the 1990 German reunification negotiations, did the United States promise the Soviet Union that it would not expand NATO into Eastern Europe? Although no written agreement exists, archival materials reveal that U.S. officials did indeed offer the Soviets informal non-expansion assurances, whil...
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John Shifrinson wrote an important paper on how the US broke a no NATO expansion pledge to the Soviet Union, which led us here. He’s apparently been driven off Twitter by the mob that only heard of Ukraine last week. Very fitting for the current moment.
During the 1990 German reunification negotiations, did the United States promise the Soviet Union that it would not expand NATO into Eastern Europe? Although no written agreement exists, archival materials reveal that U.S. officials did indeed offer the Soviets informal non-expansion assurances, while keeping open the possibility of expansion and seeking to maximize U.S. power in post–Cold War Europe.