https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/politics/russia-ukraine-james-baker.html

It’s never too late, actually. We just can’t repeat what Turkey did/is doing:

«As it happens, one of those who suggested a different approach was Mr. Baker. In 1993, as NATO was contemplating admitting Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, he proposed in an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times that the alliance consider another possible member: Russia itself.»