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What roles should former Soviet republics and satellite states in Eastern and Central Europe play in the Euro-Atlantic security system?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese questions have taken on renewed significance since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin has portrayed Russia as the victim of Western expansionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis deeply researched book offers new perspective on the NATO-Russia relationship through the eyes of Strobe Talbott, a deputy secretary of state for seven years under President Bill Clinton and the key US diplomatic broker for the former USSR. Stephan Kieninger traces the Clinton administration’s efforts to engage Russia and enlarge NATO at the same time, as elements of a new European security architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on Talbott’s diaries, as well as US and European archives and extensive interviews with former government officials, he sheds light on NATO’s opening, its missions in Bosnia and Kosovo, and other vexed issues. 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