PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE AND BEYOND

This article examines recent moves towards an enlargement of NATO to i nclude countries of the former Warsaw Pact, possibly including Russia, in the light particularly of the Partnership for Peace proposals that emerged from the NATO summit of January 1994. The author examines the evolution of the US position on possible enlargement and highlights t he lack of a consensus view within the alliance on how the issue of en largement should be addressed, as well as discussing the reactions of Russia and of the Visegrad countries to developments in the alliance p osture.