Эссе по международным отношениям на тему “The Analysis of the relations between Russia and NATO from the English School Perspective”
To prove the hypothesis, important events in NATO-Russia relations should be observed, which will serve as empirical evidence of the confrontation between the two, rather than cooperation between the working institutions and adherence to common rules and values (Bull, 2002).
The first factor which undermined the relations between the two parties is NATO’s expansion eastwards. For a long period of time, Russia demanded NATO to stop expanding to the East, but the organisation insisted on an open-door policy and inclusion of any country which satisfies the criteria for membership. Warsaw Pact nations (Poland, Bulgaria and Romania), Baltic countries, and Sweden and Finland entering NATO, as well as the organisation’s military presence in the eastern part of the alliance has been perceived by Russia’s government as a threat to its security. For many years Vladimir Putin warned NATO that if continued, the expansion would likely be met with serious resistance by the Russians, even with military action (Sauvage, 2022). Russia’s concerns were ignored, that is why the country responded using the method of threatening the opponent: from time-to-time Russia used military drills to signal discontent with Alliance activities. For instance, on 30 October 2013, two days after the official beginning of missile defence site construction in Romania, Russia held a surprise large-scale readiness test of its missile forces, including the firing of four intercontinental and four short-range ballistic missiles. Such an issue would not have arisen between members of the same international society as according to Bull they always “pay some respect to the basic rules of coexistence in international society, such as mutual respect for sovereignty and rules limiting resort to violence” (Bull, 1977). Therefore, there would not occur a situation when one of the members continuously moves closer to the borders of the other, posing a threat to its security and ignoring requests to stop it. Additionally, it can be implied that both sides also violate rules aimed at deterring violence by placing weapons near the borders of the other side and holding military practices near them.
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