The Cold War has ended, they argue, but that only means that the world is divided in many more ways than before. So maintaining NAM is not some nostalgic longing for an influential past; rather, it is a means for countries to maintain as much international influence as possible in our globalized world.
面对诘问，不结盟运动的捍卫者说：“那为什么还要坚持北约东扩，把军队一直部署到兴都库什山麓和印度河沿岸？”他们争辩说冷战已经结束，但这只意味着世界比以前更加四分五裂。因此延续不结盟运动并不是对过去辉煌的缅怀，相反是成员国在全球化世界里尽可能保持国际影响力的现实需要。