As emerging powers’ reactions to the Ukraine crisis demonstrate, world politics is no longer defined by what happens in Europe, even when a major conflict is brewing there. The international system has become so multi-polar that non-European states can now choose to follow their own interests rather than feel obliged to side with the East or the West.
但这并不会发生。正如新兴大国对乌克兰危机的反应所显示的，世界政治已不再决定于欧洲发生了什么，即便欧洲正在酝酿一场大冲突。国际体系已变得多极化，非欧洲国家大可选择追求自身利益而没有义务在东方和西方之间站队。