Secretary of State John Kerry’s effort to jump-start the Arab-Israel peace process was a laudable initiative. But, if the Arab Spring has taught us anything, it is that the Middle East’s real fault lines have little to do with Israel and much to do with the Arab world’s deepening secularist-Islamist divide and growing sectarian struggle between Shia and Sunni.
但或许中国并不需要采取行动再次改变美国的政策。奥巴马连任后似乎渐渐偏离了所谓的亚洲支点，而更加趋向于“恢复原状”。国务卿约翰·克里重启阿－以和平进程的努力是一项值得称道的举措。但如果说“阿拉伯之春”对我们有所教益，那就是中东真正的裂痕与其说是因为以色列，还不如说因为阿拉伯世界不断加深的世俗－伊斯兰鸿沟和什叶逊尼派别间越来越激烈的宗派争斗。以色列只是总体格局中的一小部分内容。