Of course, the West – particularly the US – bears its share of responsibility for the failure to find a diplomatic solution to the current showdown with Russia. Before a lasting peace can be achieved, the US will need to reflect on the mistakes that characterized its post-Cold War period of hegemony, when its unilateral military adventures and neo-imperial ambitions left it overstretched, highly indebted, and locked in perpetual war.
当然，西方&mdash;&mdash;特别是美国&mdash;&mdash;也需要为没能找到外交途径应对俄罗斯最近的摊牌行为负责。在能够实现持续和平之前，美国需要反思其后冷战时代霸权主义的错误&mdash;&mdash;其单边军事行动和新帝国主义野心使其战线过长、负债累累，还陷入了持续不断的战争。