For only the US – with all its power and sense of mission – had the ability to establish a new world order at the beginning of the twenty-first century. To achieve this, the US would have had to subordinate its power to the goal of shaping the new order, much as it did at the close of World War II in 1945.
不幸的是，这同时也意味着一个独有的机会被失去了。因为只有美国以其实力和使命感有能力在二十世纪初建立一个新的世界秩序。要达到这个目标，美国必须把它的强权让位于追求形成新秩序的目标，就像它在1945年二战结束的时候所做的那样。相反，美国迷恋于追求单边主义。