Ukraine’s Tricky Bid For NATO Membership – Analysis

By Rikard Jozwiak*

(RFE/RL) — Ukraine’s move to apply for membership of NATO on September 30 was met with quite some surprise in Brussels.

Very few saw that coming and while there is a lot of sympathy for Kyiv there, don’t expect that the country will join the military alliance in an expedited fashion, as President...