Former Obama Council: Matter of Time for Kosovo to Membership in NATO

“think it was a mistake for NATO to bring Ukraine as its member country, I understand why the Russians are not comfortable with Ukrainian membership and if they were part of NATO it would bring military capacity very close to the border with Russia and we know from history that superpowers are uncomfortable when superpowers approach their borders. It would be best for this war to end if membership NATO is not part of the negotiating table for Ukraine and NATO by not opening the door to Ukraine, and this should mate together with the US to supply Ukraine with economic aid that needs to stop the Russian offensive. Trump gave him an opportunity to stop the war and he will not stop until Russia takes other territories. To end this war is important to eliminate Ukraine's membership. I don't see any prospects for future”

According to him, President Trump's administration does not support Ukraine's NATO membership.

“No one knows where the NATO enlargement process will stop, although the Trump administration has said it does not support Ukraine's integration into NATO. That was not agreed this week at The Hague. Rutte said Ukraine's membership is irreversible. I think the disagreements at the NATO summit did not have a common communication language”.

But the former Obama adviser predicts that the integration of Kosovo and other Balkan Peninsula countries will be very swift in NATO. According to Kupchan East countries like Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine will remain a grey zone between Russia and NATO

The Balkan family will one day be integrated into NATO. I think it's only a matter of time for Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia to be part of the alliance. I am skeptical that what happens in the east for countries like Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine will end up living under a grey zone, a middle zone between Russia and NATO borders”./Periscopi/