In Eastern Europe, NATO Is No Imperialist Force
The West can engage in self-criticism of its foreign policy without blaming the victims of other imperialist powers.
Sidita Kushi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Bridgewater State University and a Non-Residential Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. She has also served as a research director at the Center for Strategic Studies, where she led the Military Intervention Project (MIP). She is the author of a range of academic articles on military interventions, intrastate conflict, Eastern European Politics, as well as the gendered dynamics of economic crises, published in Comparative European Politics, European Security, and International Labour Review, Mediterranean Quarterly, amongst others. Her co-authored book on U.S. military interventions across history is forthcoming in 2022 from Oxford University Press. Sidita also contributes to public scholarship within outlets such as the Washington Post, openDemocracy, and Euractiv.
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