On January 19, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Benjamin Jensen published an op-ed in the Hill titled “Unanswered questions in the Ukrainian crisis.” Jensen recommends that NATO member states should focus less on possible Ukrainian NATO membership and more on a strategic dialogue with Russia.
Would having Ukraine–or Georgia, for that matter–join NATO increase or decrease the collective security of existing NATO members?
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