Sure it is: after the cold war there was some debate but in the end then NATO decided they preferred Russia as an enemy rather than as an ally.
Russia got the message and are now dutifully playing its role.
Russia got the message and are now dutifully playing its role.
Around 2000 they wanted to become part of Nato, but this all changed with the Iraq war. The Afghanistan, Georgia, Ukraine, Syria wars later followed further dividing the two powers.
Besides states don’t have friends, only threats. Nothing to do with girlfriends, friends or people. Just the nature of states
Those countries which joined NATO ended up being vindicated when they saw what happened to Georgia and Ukraine.