The situation was the result of the desire to form a tyranny free government. Now they would have to create a new stronger government that could also protect against tyranny. Three ways the Constitution defends against tyranny are federalism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
He wanted continued control over Eastern Europe for his own benefits rather than for its people trying to influence other countries into becoming communist as opposed to democratic, this became know as the Iron curtain, the official division between USSR-communist and the US- democratic as the USSR tried to expand and gain more control.
It limited the power of the king