当然，这种方法需要两个在当前不存在的条件：大西洋两岸应对俄罗斯的共同的方式，以及一个行动更加一致并因而更加强大的欧盟。
Of course, this approach presupposes two things that don’t exist at the moment: a common transatlantic approach to dealing with Russia, and a European Union that acts in much greater unison and is therefore stronger.