A Broken Promise? What the West Really Told Moscow About NATO Expansion

A Broken Promise?
What the West Really Told Moscow About NATO Expansion
By Mary Elise Sarotte

Moscow has long argued that in expanding NATO eastward, Washington broke the promise it made to Soviet leaders shortly after the Berlin wall fell. But new evidence shows that the United States never actually made such a pledge.http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141845/mary-elise-sarotte/a-broken-promise?cid=nlc-foreign_affairs_this_week-082814-a_broken_promise_5-082814&sp_mid=46845006&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2