Beneath the Arab political revolutions lies a deeper and longer process of radical change that is sometimes called the information revolution. We cannot yet fully grasp its implications, but it is fundamentally transforming the nature of power in the twenty-first century, in which all states exist in an environment that even the most powerful authorities cannot control as they did in the past.
在阿拉伯政治革命之下是程度更深、为时更长的彻底变革，有时这种变革被称为信息革命。我们无法完全掌握其影响，但它正在从根本上改变21世纪的实力性质。在21世纪中，即使实力最强大的当局也无法拥有和过去一样的掌控力，这是所有国家共同面临的环境。