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| | Tensions between Russia and the U.S. have escalated in recent years, particularly with the war in Ukraine. The researchers cite that both countries have “abandoned” long-standing [[nuclear arms]] control treaties.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/simulation-reveals-nuclear-war-russia-90-million-casualties</ref>}} | | Tensions between Russia and the U.S. have escalated in recent years, particularly with the war in Ukraine. The researchers cite that both countries have “abandoned” long-standing [[nuclear arms]] control treaties.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/simulation-reveals-nuclear-war-russia-90-million-casualties</ref>}} |
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| | + | === NATO 2.0 Timeline === |
| | + | [[File:NATO encroachment on the Black Sea.PNG|right|300px|thumb|NATO encroachment on the Black Sea.]] |
| | + | *1999: The first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]]. |
| | + | *1999: NATO's illegal bombing of [[Serbia]] to carve out [[Kosovo]].<ref>https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1813&context=ilj</ref> |
| | + | *2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania). |
| | + | *2005: [[U.S. Dept. of Defense]] signs cooperative agreement with the former Soviet Republic of Ukraine for operation of biological laboratories.<ref>https://2001-2009.state.gov/documents/organization/95251.pdf</ref> |
| | + | *2006: Bucharest Summit welcomes former Soviet Republics of [[Ukraine]] and the [[Republic of Georgia]] to eventually join NATO. |
| | + | *2009: Albania and Croatia join NATO. |
| | + | *2011 : NATO conducts war of aggression outside [[Europe]] against [[Libya]].<ref>https://www.voltairenet.org/article171385.html</ref> |
| | + | *2013: NATO begins testing new [[Anthrax]] vaccine on humans in the [[Republic of Georgia]].<ref>https://archive.ph/RIexB</ref> |
| | + | *2014: U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup]] in Ukraine. |
| | + | *2014-2022: [[Ethnic cleansing]] of Russians from [[Donbas]] by the NATO-backed [[Azov Battalion]]. |
| | + | *2017: Montenegro joins NATO. |
| | + | *2020: North Macedonia joins NATO. |
| | + | *2023: Finland joins NATO. |
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| | ==NATO war in Ukraine== | | ==NATO war in Ukraine== |