Russia is back on NATO’s agenda
“The resurgent Russian threat, if you want to call it that, is not uniting the Alliance, it’s dividing it.” –Jonathan Marcus on NATO
NATO’s dialogue with Russia was cut off in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Georgia last summer. Now NATO is pressing ahead in helping Georgia and Ukraine prepare for eventual NATO membership. The Takeaway talks to BBC diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus from NATO headquarters in Brussels about the divisions in NATO and its future.
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