On the contrary, globalization – the immense flow across borders of people, ideas, greenhouse gases, goods, services, currencies, commodities, television and radio signals, drugs, weapons, emails, viruses (computer and biological), and a good deal else – is a defining reality of our time. Few of the challenges that it raises can be met unilaterally; more often than not, cooperation, compromise, and a degree of multilateralism are essential.
毕竟，边境线并不是滴水不漏的。相反，全球化——人口、思想、温室气体、商品、服务、货币、商品、电视和广播信号、毒品、武器、电子邮件、电脑和生物病毒和其他种种的大面积跨境流动——是当今世界的显著特征。上述挑战没有哪个可以由某国单枪匹马地解决，合作、妥协以及一定程度的多边主义至关重要，这与其说是特例，不如说是常态。