the aggression with which nato pushed forward on accelerating membership and moving up towards the russian border? well, first — full disclosure — i was, in the 1990s, one of the architects of that policy of nato enlargement during the clinton administration and during the george w bush administration. no, i don't feel any regret at all. my god! had nato not enlarged to take in the baltic states, they would be in the position that ukraine is in today. don't you think so? does nato enlargement really sound like a foolish idea, given what vladimir putin has done — attack his neighbour for no good reason? the fact is, nato's enlarged to bring the newly free countries of eastern europe out of the grey zone and into the west. the former us ambassador daniel