{"id":11235,"date":"2012-04-03T15:57:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/new-research-division-publication-ndc-research-report\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:59:19","slug":"new-research-division-publication-ndc-research-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/new-research-division-publication-ndc-research-report\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Division Publication: NDC Research Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/02Apr12_ReisingerRepNATOtransitUlyanovsk_1.jpg\" alt=\"NDC Research Report\" \/><figcaption>NDC Research Report<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li><a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=328' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\">NDC Research Report: &#8220;A NATO transit hub in Ulyanovsk &#8211; What&#8217;s behind the Russian debate?&#8221;<\/a>, by Heidi Reisinger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">The Russian government has attracted a lot of domestic criticism over its plan to allow the setting up of a NATO transit centre, for the movement of military personnel and \u201cnon-lethal\u201d cargo to and from Afghanistan, in the central Russian city of Ulyanovsk. Be it among pro-Kremlin groups or the Communist opposition, the fear of \u201ccreeping occupation\u201d is spreading. After so many years of anti-Western propaganda, who should be surprised that many Russians are not comfortable with this move? In a sense Russian politicians  are now being hoist with their own petard. It is not easy to explain to the Russian public why all of a sudden NATO should now be considered as a partner, and the onus is thus on the Russian government to explain why the Alliance\u2019s engagement in Afghanistan is in Russia\u2019s core interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">This new research report by the NDC Research Division considers that the creation of a NATO transit hub in central Russia would be beneficial to both sides and afford an albeit small opportunity to overcome the gridlock in NATO-Russia relations. The paper analyses the wave of criticism and protests in Russia, and examines the reasons why Russia\u2019s good will is not a \u201cbetrayal of the Fatherland\u201d but actually serves Russian national interests. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/publications.php\/?icode=6'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDC Research Report NDC Research Report: &#8220;A NATO transit hub in Ulyanovsk &#8211; What&#8217;s behind the Russian debate?&#8221;,<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 14 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 5 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le avril 3, 2012","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le avril 3, 2012 15:57","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:59"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11235"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}