该协定签订于1994年，彼时俄国刚刚进入民主社会，充满着希望。 1999年，PCA因欧盟共同安全和防务政策（Common Security Defense Policy，CSDP）的建立而得到进一步强化。
But as French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in Deauville, it would be wise to recognize that the Kremlin appears to be changing the terms of this nascent relationship.