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Comment by aguaviva

7 months ago

Did NATO put any pledges in writing, not to expand into Eastern Europe?

Indeed these verbal "pledges", whatever they were supposed to mean at the time, were never put into writing (that is, in treaty form).

Which is where the whole "NATO broke its promises" thread starts to unravel.

Meanwhile, in 1997 there was an actual treaty between the US and Russia which is widely seen as in effect ratifying the partial NATO expansion at the time (to PL, CZ, HU). Which makes the "not one inch" line even further moot.