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National Security Archive:— A briefing book from the National Security Archive that compiles declassified documents revealing a 'cascade of assurances' given by Western leaders to Soviet officials in 1990 and 1991 that NATO would not expand eastward beyond the borders of a reunified Germany.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty— Signed in 1987 by the United States and the Soviet Union, this treaty required the elimination of all ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers. Its collapse in 2019 is a significant factor in the deterioration of European security.
The Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (The— The 1990 treaty that paved the way for German reunification. It granted full sovereignty to a unified Germany and is a key document in the debate over NATO expansion due to its provisions on military deployments in the former East Germany.
The Warsaw Pact— The treaty that established the Warsaw Pact, a collective defense organization created by the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies in 1955. It served as the primary military counterbalance to NATO during the Cold War.