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The USSR attempted to join NATO in the 1950s: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/17/russia.iantraynor https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jun/17/russia.iantray... https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/molotovs-proposal-the-ussr-join-nato-march-1954 https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/molotovs-proposal-t...