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Heinrich August Winkler: "Di Ukraina, tidak pernah ada konsensus di ba...

"Di Ukraina, tidak pernah ada konsensus di balik keanggotaan NATO. Bahkan Yulia Tymoshenko tidak berkomitmen ketika dia masih perdana menteri. Georgia di bawah Presiden Mikhail Saakashvili mengejar sikap agak agresif, yang menghalangi keanggotaan NATO-nya. Mengingat hubungan unik kedua negara dengan Rusia, kekhawatiran dibenarkan bahwa keanggotaan NATO akan memicu kekhawatiran Rusia yang wajar akan pengepungan."

--- Heinrich August Winkler

Versi Bahasa Inggris

In Ukraine, there has never been a consensus behind NATO membership. Even Yulia Tymoshenko was noncommittal when she was still prime minister. Georgia under President Mikhail Saakashvili pursued a rather aggressive stance, which stood in the way of its NATO membership. Given both states' unique relationships with Russia, concerns were justified that NATO membership would trigger Russia's reasonable fears of encirclement.