A scenario in which Ukraine becomes a member of NATO despite some of its territories remaining occupied is quite realistic. In Ukraine’s case, there are ways to address the issue of applying the mutual defense clause, stated former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, according to the Financial Times. “It is always very dangerous to compare because no parallels are 100% correct, but the United States has security guarantees to Japan. But they don’t cover the Kuril Islands, which Japan regards as Japanese territory, controlled by Russia,” he says. In addition, Stoltenberg also mentioned Wes…