Realism will give the US more maneuverability in the short term, but it will have to sacrifice some of its soft power to achieve this. Whether America is able to strengthen its global influence in the future will depend not so much on its moral esteem, but on the extent to which it succeeds in revamping its economy and forging new alliances.
现实主义将在短期内赋予美国更多的灵活性，但它不得不牺牲部分软实力来达到这个目标。美国是否能够在未来加强它的全球影响力？这一点更多地不是取决于该国的道德尊严，而是它能在何种程度上成功地恢复经济和建立新的联盟。其他强国也是如此。