PARIS – Why do revolutions so often take professional diplomats by surprise? Is there something in their DNA that makes them prefer the status quo so much that, more often than not, they are taken aback by rapid changes, neither foreseeing them nor knowing how to respond once they begin?
巴黎——革命为什么总是令职业外交官们出其不意？ 他们的DNA中是否存在某种物质，让他们如此留恋现状，多半会因为变起突然而出其不意，而且既不能预见变化也不知道在变化发生时该如何应对。