To be sure, Europeans have contributed to this dynamic: witness their own haste in exiting the NATO mission in Afghanistan. But the increased sense of drift in Euro-Atlantic structures, fueled principally by Europe’s financial crisis and America’s prolonged political rift, leaves little room for optimism.
可以肯定，欧洲人同样起了推波助澜的作用：迫不及待地退出阿富汗北约行动就是证明。但欧洲金融危机和美国长期政治裂痕所造就的欧洲－大西洋结构越来越强的不稳定感令人们很难保持乐观情绪。