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NATO could be enlarging. What does that mean for Russia?

WAMU 88.5 | By Kathryn Fink
Published April 29, 2022 at 1:26 PM EDT
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting session with Finland and Sweden in Riga, Latvia.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attends a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting session with Finland and Sweden in Riga, Latvia.

Finland and Sweden are strongly considering submitting bids to join NATO as early as mid-May.

But Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to deploy nuclear weapons in a European enclave if the military alliance expands.

So what could happen? And why is NATO support waning amongst Republicans?

Former President Bill Clinton writes in The Atlantic:

We talk with NATO experts and diplomats about the road ahead.

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Kathryn Fink
Kathryn Fink is a producer with NPR's All Things Considered.