International relations tend to become destabilized by rapid changes in the distribution of power. Established powers’ resistance to their rising counterparts’ demands for a larger role in setting the global agenda fuel tensions and disrupt the existing world order.
国际关系总是在实力分布迅速变化的时期变得动荡。老牌列强拒绝接受崛起新贵在决定全球日程中扮演更重要角色的要求，从而助长紧张、干扰既成世界秩序。