membership in nato. a military historian wrote an op ed in the washington post with the headline:. it makes a few arguments as to why ukraine should notjoin nato. russia could continue to prolong the war. i could continue to prolong the war. ~ war. i think quite the opposite war. i think quite the opposite. max - war. i think quite the opposite. max is - war. i think quite the opposite. max is a i war. i think quite the - opposite. max is a brilliant quy opposite. max is a brilliant guy but i think in this case is fundamentally wrong. what we have learned over the last three decades, countries who are not in nato tend to be attacked by russia. the case with georgia and ukraine twice now. if you look at the baltics, they are far more vulnerable than ukraine but they have not been in touch because they have security of a nato membership. we have left ukraine to lock in a grey zone of european security and grey zones attract violence and