To NATO or Not to NATO?

That is Ukraine’s existential question. Does it come too late?

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Does Ukraine need NATO? Does NATO need Ukraine?

These central questions about Ukraine’s application for membership in NATO have dogged the world for over a decade.

A larger, more intractable consideration has always loomed beneath all other concerns: Will Vladimir Putin ever permit Ukraine to join NATO?