There's another option: joining the EU, which is also a military alliance these days. And it's possible to join without controlling all of your internationally recognized territory, as the example of Cyprus has shown. Unfortunately, joining the EU is more complicated than joining NATO and would take a decade or more.
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Of course. That is why I do not mention this possibility, because, in my opinion, the military situation will change faster than it makes sense to talk about it.