One reason the current situation facing Europe is so difficult is that it was so unexpected. Here we are, 70 years after the end of World War II, a quarter-century after the end of the Cold War, and some two decades after the Balkan wars, and suddenly Europe’s political, economic, and strategic future seems much more uncertain than anyone predicted as recently as a year ago.
目前欧洲局势如此艰险的原因之一是它完全出乎意料。二战结束70年、冷战结束四分之一世纪、巴尔干战争结束20年后，突然间，欧洲的政治、经济和战略未来似乎比一年前任何人的预测都更不确定。