Instead, we are witnessing the birth of a non-polar order, in which America’s chief competitors remain too busy with problems at home and in their immediate neighborhoods to shoulder the heaviest international burdens. None of the emerging powers has even begun to use its growing political and economic clout to advance truly global ambitions – or to take on responsibilities that Washington can no longer afford.
相反，我们正目睹一个非极化秩序的诞生，在这样的世界秩序中，美国的主要竞争国家仍然忙于国内和近邻地区的问题，而没法挑起国际重担。没有一个新兴大国甚至已开始利用其日益增长的政治和经济影响力来推进他们真正的全球目标-或承担美国再也承担不起的责任。