From China’s activities in the South China Sea to the Islamic State’s continued advance in the Middle East, competition and conflict are threatening long-standing regional orders. But perhaps the most critical conflict – the one whose resolution has implications for all the rest – is in Ukraine, a country that has become central to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s expansionist ambitions.
不幸的是，这一情景离我们相去甚远。从中国在南海的活动，到伊斯兰国在中东的继续挺进，竞争与冲突正在威胁树立已久的地区秩序。但也许最关键的冲突——如何解决这场冲突对全世界都有影响——是乌克兰，目前这个国家已成为俄罗斯总统普京的修正主义野心的核心。