Face Quote by Ronald Reagan

Since the mid-1990s, Russian leaders have adamantly opposed NATO enlargement, and in recent years, they have made it clear that they would not stand…

— John Mearsheimer

[Russians would like to] undermine the West and its institutions, create doubts about NATO, create doubts about the European Union, support nationalists on the…

— Daniel Fried

Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy.

— Vladimir Putin

As the Cold War came to a close, Soviet leaders preferred that U.S. forces remain in Europe and NATO stay intact, an arrangement they…

— John Mearsheimer

I think if NATO haven't expanded, we would have a no-man's zone between the E.U. and NATO and Russia, and that would be very…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

In the eyes of Russian leaders, E.U. expansion is a stalking horse for NATO expansion.

— John Mearsheimer

If we look decades ago, we know that NATO allies contributed a lot of equipment close to the border of the Soviet Union.

— Kersti Kaljulaid

NATO was built to counteract the Soviet Union in its day and time. At this point there is no threat coming from the Soviet…

— Vladimir Putin

Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are building up…

— Noam Chomsky

The Russians have intensely disliked but tolerated substantial NATO expansion, including the accession of Poland and the Baltic countries. But when NATO announced in…

— John Mearsheimer

I happen to think that as the Ukraine moves to the West, towards the E.U., eventually towards NATO, it will pave the way also…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

“The purpose of the NATO alliance is "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”

— Lord Ismay