*1999: The first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]].
*1999: The first former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries to join NATO are the [[Czech Republic]], [[Hungary]], and [[Poland]].
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*1999 NATO's illegal bombing of [[Serbia]] to carve out [[Kosovo]].<ref>https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1813&context=ilj</ref>
*2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
*2004: Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia join NATO, as do the first three former [[Soviet]] republics (the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania).
*2006 Bucharest Summit welcomes former Soviet Republics of Ukraine and the [[Republic of Georgia]].
*2006 Bucharest Summit welcomes former Soviet Republics of Ukraine and the [[Republic of Georgia]].