Away from NATO Expansion

By Sasha Filippova

Benefits from NATO expansion are limited

• Promoting and maintaining democratization

• Reducing conflict among members

• Deterring Russian aggression

Benefits from NATO expansion are limited

• Promoting and maintaining democratizationBUT Europe’s democratization prompted byexogenous factors

• Reducing conflict among members

• Deterring Russian aggression

Benefits from NATO expansion are limited

• Promoting and maintaining democratizationBUT Europe’s democratization prompted byexogenous factors

• Reducing conflict among membersBUT NATO has failed to prevent conflicts amongmembers and its commitment to protecting membersseems to be eroding

• Deterring Russian aggression

Benefits from NATO expansion are limited

• Promoting and maintaining democratizationBUT Europe’s democratization prompted byexogenous factors

• Reducing conflict among membersBUT NATO has failed to prevent conflicts amongmembers and its commitment to protecting membersseems to be eroding

• Deterring Russian aggressionBUT May actually increase Russia’s belligerence

Costs of expansion have risen

• Increase in Russian aggression and reduction in its willingness to cooperate in other forums

• Reduction of core competency

• More challenges to decision-making process

Policy Recommendations

• End expansionist agenda

• Deepen existing alliance

• Consider structural changes