Policy Memorandum on NATO Policy Analysis

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To: President Joe Biden
From: International Organization Theory Expert
Date: 8/11/2022
Subject: NATO Policy Analysis
Policy Memorandum
Russia's invasion of Ukraine poses the biggest threat to European peace and security since the Cold War's conclusion. On February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a strange and sometimes delusory speech in which he enumerated a slew of grievances as a reason for the "special military operation" that began the next day. The major focus of the talk was the legitimacy of Ukrainian identity and statehood ("Russia's War in Ukraine: Identity, History, and Conflict"). These issues included the continuing NATO enlargement conflict and the design of Europe's post-Cold War security architecture.
Overall, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goal grew from the commitment to collective security. NATO adjourns immediately to intervene in dire conflicts needing to invoke articles four and five. This memorandum address matters around the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In addition, the memorandum will recommend solutions to the mentioned problem.
Background of the Russia-Ukraine War
Under Putin's leadership, Moscow has adopted a policy toward Belarus and Ukraine predicated on the idea that these countries' various national identities are artificial and unreliable. Putin's claims that foreign adversaries are advancing Ukrainian (and, to a lesser extent, Belarusian) identity as part of a geopolitical conflict against Russia are troubling. Just as many of his forefathers refused to recognize the agency of ordinary people seeking independence from tsarist or Soviet rule (Welt). Vladimir Putin, a history buff, regularly references the theories of thinkers who highlighted the organic unity of the Russian Empire and its people, particularly its Slavic, Orthodox core, in the form of "politics of eternity," the belief in an eternally fixed historical essence.
The ties between the West and Russia changed after the 2004 "Orange Revolution" and under Viktor Yushchenko's presidency, when Ukraine's foreign policy was reoriented towards the E.U. and NATO. Russia rejected the Western-backed recognition of Kosovo's declaration of independence in February 2008, claiming that it violated international law and threatened the status quo of global relations ("Understanding the Roots of the Russia-Ukraine War and the Misuse of History"). A few months later, Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev highlighted the Kosovo precedent and the US-led coalition invasion of Iraq as two instances in which western powers had violated international law, establishing a new course for Russian foreign policy in 2008. The NATO Bucharest Summit Declaration on Ukraine and Georgia in April 2008 and the U.S. missile defense plans in Europe were the main points of friction between Russia and the West in the ensuing months.
NATO's Policy Analysis of the Current Situation
NATO strongly refutes Russia's atrocious and unlawful aggression against Ukraine, a crucial Allie and a free, democratic, and independent country. NATO and its partners have supported Ukraine, helping defend its fundamental right to self-defense. NATO assists Allies in delivering non-lethal a...