At the height of the Ukraine crisis, Georgia’s hawks hoped that NATO would grant Tbilisi a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO summit in Wales in September. Despite signs that Washington ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is due to arrive in Bucharest for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council, had threatened to skip the summit if MAPs were offered to Georgia and Ukraine.

The former chancellor considered the discussion of the MAP status (Membership Action Plan) for Ukraine and Georgia without ...

No MAPs would be offered during the summit ... saying his words left no "shimmer of a doubt" that Ukraine and Georgia are bound for NATO membership. The decision -- a "yes" wrapped up in a ...

This includes extensive reporting from the Baltic, Nordic, and Central European regions, plus Georgia and Ukraine ... according to the latest battlefield maps published by the Institute for ...

Towns evacuated after Moscow seizes territory ahead of possible new offensive - Vladimir Putin’s forces have pushed forward ...

This includes extensive reporting from the Baltic, Nordic, and Central European regions, plus Georgia and Ukraine ... pivoted to smaller scale attacks. Maps published by the Institute for the ...

The former Soviet state of Georgia is caught between its historic ties to the East and a future that may lie closer to the West. Its government, viewed by critics as too friendly with the Kremlin ...

But even if the United States were to convince other NATO members to grant a Membership Action Plan (MAP) to Ukraine (and Georgia, which has long been in line for this status ...

What comparisons have been drawn to Ukraine in 2014? Analysts have noted similarities between the situation in Georgia and Ukraine – both former Soviet republics which have found themselves ...