The US/NATO/Ukraine/Russia controversy is not new.  It is a logical continuation of the expansionist policies that NATO has pursued since the demise of the Soviet Union, as numerous Professors of international law and international relations have long demonstrated — including Richard Falk, John Mearsheimer, Stephen Kinzer and Francis Boyle.  NATO’s approach is consistent with the US claim to have a “mission” to export its socio-economic model and its concept of “democracy” to other countries, notwithstanding the preferences of sovereign states and the self-determination of peoples.  More

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