但是，如果反过来，这同样对西方适用：一方面，在1989/1990年后由欧洲安全与合作组织确定的新欧洲的原则，不允许有关联盟的决定可以遭到一个相邻的大国的否决。
But this applies similarly, if in reverse, to the West: on the one hand, the principles of a new Europe as defined by the OSCE after 1989/1990 don’t allow decisions about alliances to be subject to the veto of a large neighbor.