Old alliances – such as the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, the Central Eastern Treaty Organization, and the Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty – have died or are dying. And forming new alliances has proved difficult, with India rejecting what the US, with uncharacteristic humility, has proposed.
旧同盟——如东南亚条约组织、中欧条约组织以及澳大利亚、新西兰、美国安全条约——不是已经寿终正寝，就是行将就木。而寻找新同盟十分困难，印度以异乎寻常的谦卑态度拒绝了美国的提议。