Worse, the freedom to join military treaties, stipulated in the Helsinki Accords of 1975 and in other major international agreements like the Charter of Paris for a New Europe or the Charter for European Security, is ominously omitted. The expansion of military alliances, such as NATO, would be declared a threatening measure.
普京时代的经济增长与对格鲁吉亚的胜利一道——在俄罗斯人看来，出兵格鲁吉亚意味着俄罗斯在政治上的重新崛起——使俄罗斯充满了信心，欲重塑大西洋两岸安全模式。梅德韦杰夫版的跨大西洋安全条约将强化外部势力不应干涉国内纠纷的原则，这将把对北高加索地区（包括车臣）冲突的国际干预挡在俄罗斯国门之外。