Your Shortcut to... NATO and the Ukraine crisis

As you well and truly know, Russia has launched a full-scale
assault on Ukraine. To get you across the background to this, it's
time to get to know NATO - the military alliance that is the North
Atlantic Treaty Organisation. It's at the centre of the stand-off
between Russia, Ukraine and the West. So in this Squiz Shortcut,
we’ll get you across why NATO was established, how it has operated
in times of conflict, and what it has to do with this crisis. Squiz
Shortcuts is your backstory to the big news stories. Squiz
recommends: Smiley's People by John le Carré -
https://www.booktopia.com.au/smiley-s-people-john-le-carr-/book/9780241322529.html
A map of NATO's expansion since 1997 -
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