Is NATO A Threat To Russia?

Russia Names NATO Expansion As National Threat -- Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev approved Friday a new military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a national threat and reaffirming Russia's right to use nuclear weapons if the country's existence is threatened.

The doctrine identifies the expansion of NATO to Eastern Europe and U.S. plans to create an anti-missile shield in Europe as concerns for national security, although it also states that the likelihood of a nuclear conflict has abated.

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Update: Russian doctrine does not reflect real world: NATO -- Reuters

My Comment: No one Russia believes that NATO is going to attack and crush Russia, and no one in NATO believes in the possibility that Russia will do the same. But both sides are not on friendly terms, and there is a perception in Russia that NATO is exploiting anti-Russian feelings in Eastern Europe.

I expect this frosty relationship to continue for a while longer, and I also expect that with missile defense installations being installed in places like Romania .... this will only heighten this tension and distrust.