As Wiseghy said in Post 4, “ '...hold your enemies closer' and all that. Sounds good to me."
What do tactical political moves by the U.S. vis a vis Russia have to do with the United Nations, a New World Order or with the price of tea in China?
Study Agenda 21 and you’ll see what I am talking about.
"The NATO-Russia Founding Act we have just signed joins a great nation and history's most successful alliance in common cause for a long-sought but never before realized goal --a peaceful, democratic, undivided Europe." Bill Clinton Paris,27 May 1997
NATO-Russia Council http://www.nato.int/issues/nrc/tasks.html
Work under the NATO-Russia Council focuses on all areas of mutual interest identified in the Founding Act. Cooperation is being intensified in a number of key areas, which include the fight against terrorism, crisis management, non-proliferation, arms control and confidence-building measures, theatre missile defence, logistics, military-to-military cooperation, defence reform and civil emergencies. New areas may be added to the NRC’s agenda by the mutual consent of its members.
The NATO-Russia Council will provide a mechanism for consultation, consensus-building, cooperation, joint decision, and joint action for the member states of NATO and Russia on a wide spectrum of security issues in the Euro-Atlantic region.
In this context, we will observe in good faith our obligations under international law, including the UN Charter, provisions and principles contained in the Helsinki Final Act and the OSCE Charter for European Security.