Why Ukrainians Don't Want NATO
On December 2-3, NATO foreign ministers will once again consider the Ukrainian government’s bid for a Membership Action Plan (MAP), the main precondition for entering the North Atlantic Alliance. Though Western policymakers remain divided over whether Kiev should be allowed to join at the risk of further arousing Russia, most say the Ukrainian people should have the right to “make choices about their own future” at all cost. Recent polls, however, show that in fact a majority of the country’s population is strongly opposed to the prospect of joining NATO: a puzzling revelation to work with.
For an in-depth account of the many reasons why Ukrainians find the NATO pill hard to swallow, access Andrew's full account of the issue here.
Andrew D. Bishop
Andrew is a graduate of the London School of Economics currently working for the think tank branch of a leading non-profit foundation in Geneva, Switzerland. He was also a young freelance journalist and the founder, director, and editor of Leader's Talk, a platform dedicated to covering interviews given by world leaders on a daily basis. Andrew blogs at What You Must Read
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