Perhaps the most dangerous challenge is the prospect of emerging powers leaning increasingly toward autonomy, instead of alliance. China and India may not have been happy about Russia’s actions in Ukraine, but none of the emerging economies could bring itself to vote against Russia in the United Nations General Assembly, even though the vote was ultimately meaningless.
也许最危险的挑战是新兴大国越来越倾向于自主而非结盟。中国和印度或许不满于俄罗斯在乌克兰的行动，但新兴经济体都不会在联合国安理会上投票反对俄罗斯，即使投票说到底没有什么意义。（中国在安理会中最喜欢弃权。）它们不与俄罗斯穿一条裤子；但也不加入西方阵营孤立俄罗斯。