Here's what to know about Ukraine's NATO membership bid
uring the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, which runs from July 11 to July 12, a thorny topic of discussion will be Ukraine’s longstanding NATO membership aspirations.
Biden is meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday amid some disagreement between the two countries over Ukraine policy, including the U.S.’s controversial decision last week to agree toThe expansion of NATO over the years on Russia’s Western border and Ukraine’s previous attempt to join NATO in 2008 are both believed to be major reasons for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.
“NATO can’t be in a situation where they offer a firm prospect of membership to a country which is in the state of war, which has nearly 20% of its territory under occupation by a hostile foreign power,” says Martin Smith, a senior lecturer at the Department of Defense and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst.
“One condition for ending the war might be that Ukraine doesn’t become a member of NATO. That might be a condition that will be set by Russia before it agrees to bring the conflict to a close,” McCrisken says.
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