Not One Inch

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Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post–Cold War Stalemate is a 2021 book by M. E. Sarotte about the tensions between NATO, including the United States, and Russia in the post–Cold War era, especially those related to NATO's eastward expansion. A main part of the book is examination of whether there was a "broken promise" not to expand NATO eastwards after the reunification of Germany. Sarotte's research explores why a new European security framework failed to emerge after the Cold War and how decisions made during that period planted the roots of today's geopolitical tensions. Her analysis connects the lack of cohesive cooperation at the time to ongoing rivalries and unresolved conflicts in modern international relations, illustrating how historical choices continue to shape global challenges. The title of the book, Not One Inch, refers to James Baker's famous statement to Mikhail Gorbachev that NATO would expand "not an inch" to the east. The analysis relies on extensive...

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