Last year, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, two US senators, one member of the US House of Representatives, and a deputy national security adviser participated in a forum on the future of American power (I was the chair). When asked what future they anticipated for American power, they predictably declared that the US would remain the world’s most powerful country.
去年，在达沃斯世界经济论坛上，两位美国参议员、一位美国众议员和一位副国家安全顾问参加了我主持的美国实力未来论坛。当被问及他们对美国实力的未来作何观的时候，他们的说法一点都不出乎意料：美国将仍是世界最强大的国家。当被问及美国是否做好了沦为世界第二大经济体的准备时，他们沉默了。