NATO open door policy

In the context of the enlargement of NATO, Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty is the origin for the April 1999 statement of a "NATO open door policy".[1][2] The open door policy requires a consensus in favour of countries applying to join NATO, as all member states must ratify the protocol enabling a new country to become a member of NATO. The open door policy "is aimed at promoting stability and cooperation".[3]

History

Post-Cold War expansion of NATO

George W. Bush's March 2004 speech (mentions open door policy at 7:03)

Following the Eastern European Revolutions of 1989, countries from the former Eastern bloc expressed their interest in joining NATO. During a March 1992 visit to Warsaw, NATO Secretary General Manfred Wörner said that the "doors to NATO are open".[4] During the December 1994 OSSE conference in Budapest, the United States and its NATO allies stated that no European countries should be prevented from joining the alliance.[5]

According to Vladimir Putin, he had asked whether or not Russia could join NATO in 1999. He recounted in February 2024 that Bill Clinton answered him, "I’ve talked to my team. No, no, it’s not possible now."[6]

On March 12, 1999, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined NATO as the first former Eastern Bloc states, beginning the expansion of NATO eastwards.[7] When Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined on March 29, 2004,[8] U.S. President George W. Bush prepared for even further expansion of the alliance. During the welcoming ceremony held the same day, he said:

The door to NATO will remain open until the whole of Europe is united in freedom and in peace

— George W. Bush, 29 March 2004 [9]

The April 2008 Bucharest Summit communiqué re-affirmed the NATO allies' "commitment to keeping NATO's door open to any European democracy willing and able to assume the responsibilities and obligations of membership, in accordance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty."[10] At that summit, Ukraine was invited to join the Alliance.[11]

In a December 5, 2015 "Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers on Open Door Policy" Montenegro was invited to join the alliance, and the signatories encouraged "Georgia to continue making full use of all the opportunities for coming closer to the Alliance." They remained "committed to the Open Door Policy, a founding principle of the Washington Treaty" and encouraged "partners to continue to implement the necessary reforms and decisions to prepare for membership," while they would "continue to offer political and practical support to the efforts" of the partners.[12]

At the end of November 2020, it became known that the NATO Summit in 2021 would consider a return to the open door policy, including the issue of providing Georgia with a Membership Action Plan (MAP).[13]

On February 9, 2021, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal, stated that he hoped that Ukraine would be able to receive an action plan for NATO membership at the same time as Georgia.[14] In response, the NATO Secretary-General confirmed during Shmyhal's visit to Brussels that Ukraine is a candidate for NATO membership.[15]

On June 14, 2021, a communiqué issued at 2021 Brussels summit reaffirmed commitment to the open door policy, as well as "all elements" of the decision made at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Georgia and Ukraine will become members of NATO.[16]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On January 7, 2022, ahead of a bilateral meeting with Russia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that "Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military buildup in and around Ukraine” had serious implications for European security and stability and that Russian forces were only strengthening a noose around Ukraine. A Ukrainian official said at the time that “There should not be any compromise with Russia... They recognize only force. Weakness will provoke them... NATO must show that doors are open and promises kept.” Stoltenberg said that “The Russian military buildup has not stopped. It continues and [is] gradually building up with more forces, more capabilities,” whereupon he described armored units, artillery, combat-ready troops, electronic warfare equipment, and other military capabilities. Stoltenberg was clear that the alliance would not heed Russia's demand to withdraw the invitation for Ukraine and Georgia to join NATO—or for any country to pursue the path of its choosing.[11]

On January 28, 2022, an op-ed was published by the New York University School of Law in which the author disclosed that in two drafts of a 2021 NATO-Russia treaty, "Moscow placed the onus of averting an expanded conflict in Ukraine on the West broadly, NATO particularly, and the United States specifically. Among other stipulations, Moscow insisted that NATO's open door to new members be shut."[17]

In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the leaders of the 30 NATO member countries held a meeting on March 24, 2022 in Brussels and one result was a statement which read in part:[18]

"Massive sanctions and heavy political costs have been imposed on Russia to bring an end to this war. We remain determined to maintain coordinated international pressure on Russia... We remain committed to the foundational principles underpinning European and global security, including that each nation has the right to choose its own security arrangements free from outside interference. We reaffirm our commitment to NATO's Open Door Policy under Article 10 of the Washington Treaty... We will continue to take all necessary steps to protect and defend the security of our Allied populations and every inch of Allied territory... We are also establishing four additional multinational battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia... President Putin's choice to attack Ukraine is a strategic mistake, with grave consequences also for Russia and the Russian people."

Turkey's opposition to Finnish and Swedish accession bids

In May 2022, Turkey announced that while fully supporting NATO's open door policy, it opposed the memberships of Finland and Sweden for allegedly supporting terrorism.[19] On March 17, 2023, Turkey withdrew its opposition to Finnish accession to NATO, enabling Finland to become the 31st NATO member state on April 4, 2023.[20][21] On July 10, 2023, Turkey withdrew its opposition to Swedish accession to NATO, enabling Sweden to become the 32nd NATO member state on March 7, 2024.[22][23]

References

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  2. ^ "Enlargement and Article 10". NATO. 3 May 2022. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  3. ^ NATO. "Enlargement and Article 10". NATO. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  4. ^ Grzegorz Kozłowski (22 April 2019). "Yesterday". International Centre for Defence and Security. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. ^ Elaine Sciolino (6 December 1994). "Yeltsin Says NATO is Trying to Split Continent Again". New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 August 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  6. ^ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-says-russia-asked-to-join-nato-but-was-refused-by-president-clinton/ar-BB1i8jBx [bare URL]
  7. ^ Perlez, Jane (1999-03-13). "EXPANDING ALLIANCE: THE OVERVIEW; Poland, Hungary and the Czechs Join NATO". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  8. ^ "NATO Update: Seven new members join NATO - 29 March 2004". www.nato.int. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
  9. ^ Thomas E. Ricks (30 March 2004). "7 Former Communist Countries Join NATO". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  10. ^ "NATO decisions on open-door policy". NATO. 3 April 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  11. ^ a b Mahshie, Abraham (7 January 2022). "Stoltenberg: NATO's Open-Door Policy Must Stay; Risk of Conflict in Europe 'Is Real'". Air & Space Forces Association. Air Force Magazine. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. ^ "Statement by NATO Foreign Ministers on Open Door Policy". NATO. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. ^ "У 2021 році НАТО розгляне питання ПДЧ для Грузії". 13 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  14. ^ "Україна хоче отримати ПДЧ разом із Грузією – Шмигаль" [Ukraine wants to get a MAP together with Georgia – Shmyhal]. Українська правда. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  15. ^ "Кабінет Міністрів України – Прем'єр-міністр та Генсек НАТО обговорили подальші кроки на шляху євроатлантичної інтеграції України" [Prime Minister and NATO Secretary General discuss further steps towards Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration]. Archived from the original on 2022-05-15. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  16. ^ "Brussels Summit Communiqué". NATO. 14 June 2021. paras. 66, 68, 69. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  17. ^ Keil, Steven (28 January 2022). "Putin's Coercion on NATO Goes Beyond Its Open Door Policy". Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. Just Security. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  18. ^ "Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government". NATO. 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Dışişleri Bakanı Çavuşoğlu: Türkiye, NATO'nun açık kapı politikasını daima desteklemiştir". Cumhuriyet (in Turkish). May 18, 2022. Archived from the original on December 15, 2022. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
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  21. ^ "Finland joins NATO as 31st Ally". NATO. 4 April 2023. Archived from the original on 11 July 2023.
  22. ^ "NATO Secretary General welcomes Türkiye's decision to forward Sweden accession protocols to parliament, looks forward to speedy ratification". NATO. 10 July 2023. Archived from the original on 10 July 2023.
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