Something akin to this mistake has befallen American foreign policy. The United States has become preoccupied with the Middle East – in certain ways, the wrong Orient – and has not paid adequate attention to East Asia and the Pacific, where much of the twenty-first century’s history will be written.
这位教授身上的错误在美国外交政策上重演了。美国在中东上倾注了太多精力——从某种意义上说，此乃此东方学，非彼东方学——而对东亚和太平洋关注太少，而后者才是美国21世纪史的重要组成部分。