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NATO, expansion, wars, revolution of colourCopyright (c) 2023 Revista Jurídica Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Abstract
The war against Ukraine, decided by President Putin in February 2022, stimulated an
old controversy: who has the responsibility of the growing tensions, since 1992, between Russia,
the United States and Europe? For Moscow, NATO, and behind NATO the USA, by its unjustifi ed
expansion, exercised a real and dangerous provocation. For the other side, the expansion of NATO
resulted of the fears of Russia’s neighbors, fears justifi ed a posteriori by the «neo-imperialism» of
Moscow. The Kremlin understands the democratic movements in Georgia, Ukraine etc. as a complot
of the West, a war against the «Russian World» and its civilization. The West justifi ed its military
interventions against Serbia as «humanitarian», The Russians condemned that as aggression against
the Slav and Orthodox brother. The actual war in Ukraine confi rms and radicalizes the points of view.
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