NATO's complex history of eastward expansion
by editors@theworld.org (Joyce Hackel) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6P3FA)
Some trace the roots of Russia-NATO antagonism to the 1990s, when the Soviet Union and the West were negotiating the terms of German reunification. That's when Western nations discussed NATO's expansion eastward with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Historian Mary Sarotte talks with The World's host Carolyn Beeler about pledges made in that era.