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CDDRL News



April 17, 2008

Germany vetoes NATO membership for Ukraine, Georgia; Putin the big winner, McFaul tells National Journal

CDDRL, FSI Stanford in the news: National Journal on April 15, 2008

"Putin looks like the big winner this week," CDDRL Director Michael McFaul wrote in an e-mail to the National Journal from Kiev. "As one of my Ukrainian friends said, Russia de facto is already a NATO member as they have the power to veto members, while Ukraine has no such similar powers." Read more »