而俄罗斯必须应对伊拉克战争、北约东扩至巴尔干国家、乌克兰和格鲁吉亚的亲西方革命遗迹布什政府旨在全球民主化的“自由日程 ” （ Freedom Agenda ） 。
Instead, Russia had to deal with the Iraq war, NATO enlargement to the Baltic states, pro-Western revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia, and the Bush administration’s “Freedom Agenda” aimed at global democratization.