NATO will rebuild deterrence to meet Russian threats
Journal: Emerald expert briefings
Year: 2016

Subject NATO's evolving response to growing Russian military power. Significance NATO-Russia relations have worsened since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent actions in eastern Ukraine. Western policymakers failed to forecast Russian President Vladimir Putin's use of force in Ukraine and later Syria. To reassure its eastern members and deter possible Russian aggression, NATO has created a rapid-response military capacity and is considering an increase in conventional force depl