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NATO was slow to realize that its enlargement to the east would not be successful without the active participation of Russia in the development of a Euro-Atlantic security architecture. The "NATO- Russia Founding Act," signed in Paris on 27 May, marks the beginning of a better understanding of Russia's legitimate security concerns and should, hopefully, form the basis of an enduring NATO-Russia partnership. The signing of the Act does not mean... that a difference of policy and outlook between NATO and Russia will automatically disappear, particularly on the future enlargement of NATO.
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Note: In 1997, the Department created, strictly for planning purposes, a funding wedge for NATO enlargement costs in the FY1999-2003 Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) based on the February 1997 notional U.S. cost estimate. Thus, the FYDP includes roughly $100 million in FY2000, growing to nearly $200 million by FY2003. The Department will replace these planning figures with revised estimates as the FY2000 budget is developed.
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Enlargement, Nikonov says... will bring negative consequences for new NATO members, since they will lose their independent voice. In fact, Nikonov says, "NATO itself doesn't take any decisions; the decisions are taken in Washington."
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It would be a mistake to believe that Russia is not capable to act in an obstructionist manner toward NATO enlargement. Russia remains a major challenge to the evolution of NATO strategy in European Security affairs.
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NATO enlargement confronts the U.S. Senate with some fundamental policy choices. The Clinton administration has attempted to blur these choices and to obscure the contradictory goals it is pursuing. American progressives should help to clarify those choices for the Senate and the American public.
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