If a twenty-first-century post-sovereign system remains an unreachable dream in our Hobbesian world, and reverting to nineteenth-century norms by acquiescing to aggressive behavior by Russia and China is unpalatable, defending the postwar international system may be the best option we have.
如果二十一世纪后主权制度在我们霍布斯式的世界里仍然是遥不可及的梦想，并且我们无法接受默许俄中恢复19世纪的侵略行为，那么剩下的最好选择或许是捍卫战后国际体系。