The United States, which best embodies ultimate power, is less willing – and less able – to exercise it. And the United Nations, which best embodies the principles of international order, is as divided and impotent as ever.
不幸的是，全球不和谐的可能性增加了。一个显而易见的原因是缺少一个明确的、被广泛接受的国际仲裁者。美国的实力最强，但不太愿意——也缺少能力——执行这一功能。联合国最能体现国际秩序原则，但一直都处于莫衷一是和无法胜任的状态。