But, as the recent United Nations Security Council debates on the Arab Spring have shown, it is not the major emerging countries that will influence events in the region. Brazil has barely uttered a word in reaction to the region’s tumult, while Russia and China have little taste for sanctions against Libya in light of their own autocratic governments.
上述方法在当今阿拉伯世界产生了特殊的共鸣。但联合国安理会有关阿拉伯春天的讨论显示影响中东地区事务的恰恰不是主要新兴国家。巴西对中东乱局几乎一言不发，而俄罗斯和中国则由于自身受控于独裁政府而没有兴趣制裁利比亚。