MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia...
of armed conflicts which eventually developed into an even more destructive World War II.Although Wilson"s initiatives came to fruition only after the anti-Hitler coalition won WWII, the U.S. president was granted a Nobel Peace Prize in 1919, and the United States was widely seen as a peacemaker and a daring architect boldly rebuilding an obsolete world order.
Clearly, it is not a Nobel Prize that has encouraged the Kremlin to propose its vision of a new world order. It did so to overturn the negative view of Russia as an aggressive, unpredictable and underdeveloped country, to show Europe and the rest of the world that Russia is not a trembling disciple in a jump seat but a full member of the G8 and G20 capable of proposing bold ideas.
But can Russia"s new initiative be implemented? NATO is unlikely to sign the current wording of the treaty"s Article 9, which places the treaty above all and any of the existing international pacts.