We will all pay dearly – in defense budgets and, more important, in lost global opportunities – if we do not summon the courage to design a global order in which non-state actors have a formal role. Otherwise, we would be inviting states to continue pursuing a might-makes-right approach and to shirk the coordinated action on, say, financial regulation and the environment that the world now requires.
一个国家的硬实力与跨国思想、发明和金融角力的世界需要规则。如果我们不拿出勇气设计一个非国家行动者也可以获得正式角色的全球秩序，将付出沉重代价&mdash;&mdash;巨大的国防预算开支，更重要的，还有丧失全球机会。否则，我们就会促使各国继续追求“拳头最大”方针，回避（比如）世界目前所需要的金融监管和环境方面的合作行动。