The US is no longer alone. America no longer qualifies, if it ever did, as a “hyper power,” to use former French foreign minister Hubert Vedrine’s term, though it is still far from being a “normal” power.
但是这一韧性却不能掩盖一个更为深刻的变革。美国不再特立独行。美国不再是法国前外长维德林所称的“超级强国”，尽管它还远远不是“正常”国家。