Most of Al Qaeda’s leaders are dead, but our democracies rightly experience impassioned debates about means and ends, and about the balance between individual freedom and state authority. In the current difficult global economic climate, public concerns about immigration and access to jobs inevitably grow more acute, increasing the risk that rival forms of lumpen populism and associated tensions will emerge.
但成功无法一蹴而就。虽然大部分基地组织领导人都已丧命，但我们的民主体制无疑也经历了关于手段与结果孰轻孰重，个人自由与国家权威之间如何平衡的激辩。在当前的全球经济困境下公众对移民和就业的关注难免过于急迫，以致失业民粹主义及其相关矛盾所引发的风险都会上升。