Could the restoration of America’s international reputation turn out to be bad for Europe, by eroding its new monopoly on representing Western values and calling it back to its hard power duties? Could it be that a candidate of fear – McCain or, increasingly, Clinton – really serves Europe’s interests better than a candidate of hope?
通过侵蚀美国在代表西方价值观并且在硬实力责任上退缩来恢复美国的国际声誉是否对于欧洲而言得不偿失呢？令人害怕的侯选人像麦凯恩或者害怕程度越来越高的希拉里·克林顿是否确实要比一个让人怀有希望的侯选人更为符合欧洲的利益呢？