Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Stephen Flanagan, CSIS Senior Vice President and director of the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Business News Europe, "Georgia, Ukraine Won't Be Offered Membership Plans at NATO Summit."
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Stephen Flanagan, CSIS Senior Vice President and director of the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by Business News Europe, "Georgia, Ukraine Won't Be Offered Membership Plans at NATO Summit."
"Nato member governments are not ready to offer MAP to Ukraine and Georgia," says Stephen J. Flanagan, senior vice president and director of the International Security Program at the Washington DC-based Center for Strategic and International Studies. "There are doubts about the depth of support for Nato membership in Ukraine, uncertainty about political trends in Georgia, and concerns that the move would further strain relations with Russia. However, the US and others will want to be sure that this reluctance does not send a message that Moscow's confrontational diplomacy is successful. The allies will look for some concrete steps short of MAP to enhance dialogue with Ukraine and Georgia that would keep Nato's door open."
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