对西方日益不满的情绪使得俄罗斯领导人开始着眼于“超级大国 ” 、 “势力范围”等概念，相信国际关系是一场零和游戏，西方之所赢即俄罗斯之所输。
Economic growth during the Putin years, combined with the defeat of Georgia – which was regarded in Russia as the beginning of a great political comeback – provided the confidence needed to embrace efforts to re-model the transatlantic security architecture.