我认为，这更多是因为北约认识到应当把俄罗斯包括进来，而不是排斥在外。

I think it is more a recognition on NATO's part that it is much better to have Russia inside the fold than it is to have Russia outside the fold.

youdao

我们之间总有一条无法逾越的界线，他们那个家庭小圈子总是把我排斥在外。

There was a definite boundary line that could not be crossed, an inner family circle which excluded me.

youdao