Indeed, Western leaders failed to anticipate the long-term consequences of supporting autocracies, revealed in the Arab Spring revolts, or to foresee the impact of successive military interventions in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. As a result, nostalgia for the “glorious” past – such as the Islamic State’s caliphate envy – is proliferating in the Middle East, too.
事实上，西方领导人没有预见到支持极权的长期后果（阿拉伯之春革命让这些后果尽显无疑），也没有预见到连续军事干预伊拉克、叙利亚和利比亚的影响。因此，对“光荣”的过去的还念&mdash;&mdash;如伊斯兰国对哈里发帝国的还念&mdash;&mdash;在中东茁壮成长。