Now that Kennan’s prediction has all but come to pass, the parties to the conflict would be wise to take a lesson from the diplomatic efforts that helped bring the original Cold War to an end – in particular, the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). NATO enlargement may have rendered the treaty’s detailed provisions obsolete, but its underlying approach – a transparent inspections regime that enforces limitations on the overall quantity and, crucially, the regional concentrations of ground forces – remains applicable today.
如今，凯南的预测已经成为现实，冲突各方的明智做法是汲取让最初的冷战结束的外交努力的经验——特别是1990年欧洲常规武装力量条约（Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe ，CFE）。北约扩张让这一条约的具体条款成为废纸，但其基本方针——控制总量并且（关键性地）实现地区地面力量的集中的透明的检查机制——在今天仍然适用。