The world no longer adheres to the static Cold War order, with two blocs locked in open but guarded confrontation. Nor does it work according to the Pax Americana that dominated in the decade after the Soviet Union’s collapse, when the US briefly emerged as the sole superpower.
世界不再遵从静态的冷战秩序，即两大阵营公开而克制地针锋相对。世界也不再遵从苏联解体后的十年中成为主导的“美式和平”（Pax Americana），即美国成为唯一的超级大国。