Both the 1914 and the 1933 analogies point to the most striking characteristic of the current debate: the key role of security worries in justifying protectionism. Nobody worried about foreign ownership of US ports as long as the owner was a British company; the new fears reflect the belief that Dubai might be a channel for Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism.
1914年和1933年的两种类比都指出了目前的争论最显著的特点：关于安全的担忧在保护主义合理化过程中所发挥的作用。只要国外的所有人是一家英国公司，那么就没有人担心美国港口的归属问题；这种新的恐惧反映了一种观点，即迪拜可能成为被伊斯兰原教旨主义和恐怖主义利用的渠道。