They, too, see the world through a prism that makes America continue to appear essential, but no longer preeminent. Recently, a high South Korean official listed in hierarchical order the countries that mattered most in the North Korean nuclear crisis.
至于韩国，他们指望中国处理朝核危机。他们也透过让美国显得关键但并非独霸的棱镜来观察世界。最近，一位韩国高官以在朝核问题上的重要性的顺序从高到低列举了各国。中国第一，接下来是美国、俄罗斯、日本以及韩国，而欧洲则榜上无名。