the issue of Russia’s possible membership of NATO became even more topical. The NATO-Russia Council established in May 2002 was seen by some as a first step to the final full incorporation of Russia in the North Atlantic Alliance. Although the war in Iraq made a considerable damage to the NATO-Russian relationship, the cooperation between the two powers did not halt like during the Yugoslav war in 1999 when Russia withdrew from the Permanent Joint Council (PJC). Still the main question is: will the cooperation of Russia with NATO evolve further leading to the full integration of the former into the Alliance or will it remain in the form of cooperation in the framework of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)? In this paper I argue that Russia will not join NATO but instead continue to cooperate with it as an outside partner.
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