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    Now is the Time for the West to Transform Armenia into a Major Non-NATO Ally

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    1. pride_of_artaxias on

      >Due to the large contingent of Azerbaijani soldiers on the Armenian border and CSTO being an inept defensive alliance, a small contingent of NATO forces should be placed on the contact lines akin to the Kosovo mission.

      >Only a few hundred NATO troops, supplemented by American advisors who could train the Armenian army and mold them into the Western military doctrine, could suffice. The US has already been growing ties with Armenia through the NASA-sponsored Artemis program and the army training.

      >A country with a tremendous upside and a growing economic and IT sector, Armenia should be molded into non-NATO ally status. Surrounded by existential threats and ‘guarantors’ run by self-serving kleptocrats, Armenia could face even greater disasters unless having stronger-backed international security assistance.

      Interesting that the author is a former US Marine.

    2. T-nash on

      Does this article take into account Turkey being a nato member? Or that the US is not willing to lose Azerbaijan as a friendly country?

    3. Typical_Effect_9054 on

      “Major non-NATO ally” (MNNA for short) is a designation created by Congress that can be granted to any country at will by a sitting US President. This is an achievable and realistic goal for Armenia to pursue through continued reform, development, and diplomatic engagement, and arguably a good stepping stone towards integration into other Western organizations.

      For example, Joe Biden has given Colombia and Kenya the status of MNNA.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally

    4. pydry on

      Hmm. I’m not sure I’d want to follow down the same path as Georgia in 2008 or Ukraine in 2014.

    5. ExternalNo5446 on

      That will only happen when Armenia stops pretending to be against Russia while constantly doing business with Russia at the same time.

      NATO is a defensive alliance AGAINST RUSSIA. If you don’t get that then please Armenia, stop talking about joining NATO, you don’t understand that NATO is designed to defend against Russia and Russia ONLY