现在有一种新的保护伞可以解决这两个问题。

There is a new umbrella that could solve both problems.

他进一步补充说，那些急于躲进北约保护伞下的东欧国家，只要他们怀疑法国图谋削弱北约，就不会加入欧洲共同防务。

He adds that east Europeans, keen on NATO's security umbrella, will never trust joint European defence as long as they have lingering suspicions that it is a French scheme to weaken NATO.

相反，他们去做定量研究，再去做，然后再去做，以充当做出决策的保护伞。 （通常情况下，这会提供足够多的文档纸张，即使在寒冷冬夜也会让人感到坐拥重衾覆暖炉。）

Instead, quantitative research is done, and done, and done again to act as a sort of security blanket (typically involving enough paper to provide warmth even in cold Winter nights!).