All of this raises a fundamental question: Does the US even need an overarching design for its foreign policy? If the outcome is to make its foreign policy less reliable and predictable – or, worse, susceptible to misunderstanding – then it certainly does not.
所有这些都提出了一个根本问题：那就是美国是否真的需要从总体上设计外交政策？如果唯一的结果是降低其外交政策的可靠性和可预见性——甚至更糟，招致别人的误解——那么答案当然是不需要。