In the heyday of American dominance, European governments profited doubly: they were part of a powerful West and courted as a potential counterweight to US dominance by third countries.
En el apogeo del dominio norteamericano, los gobiernos europeos se beneficiaron doblemente: formaban parte de un Occidente poderoso y eran cortejados como un potencial contrapeso para el domino norteamericano por terceros países.