However, a government may also have a principal preference for unilateralism or multilateralism, and, for instance, strive to avoid policies that cannot be realized unilaterally or alternatively to champion multilateral solutions to problems that could well have been solved unilaterally.
Namun demikian, pemerintah juga punya pilihan antara unilateralisme atau multilateralisme untuk menghindari kebijakan yang tak dapat diwujudkan secara unilateral atau memperjuangkan solusi multilateral bagi masalah-masalah yang seharusnya bisa diselesaikan secara sepihak.