More broadly, the urgent task for Asian statesmen over the next 5-10 years will be to replace the region’s Pax Americana, which has guaranteed regional stability for decades, with a more comprehensive Pax Asia-Pacifica that is built on inclusiveness and burden-sharing. But such an Asia-Pacific peace will be durable only if it is based on a balance of mutual benefits rather than on the balance of power.
更宏观地说，亚洲政治家在未来5-10年的紧迫任务就是摒弃多年来维护区域稳定的美国治下的和平（Pax Americana），转而用构建在包容和承担之上的亚太区域共治下的和平（Pax Asia-Pacifica）接班。但这一亚太和平只有在基于多方利益平衡而非实力平衡时才能长久。