First, the United States under Obama’s ineffective leadership has drifted yet further into a “What’s in it for me?” attitude on key issues requiring international action. In place of what the economist Charles Kindleberger once called an “altruistic hegemon,” the America that the world now faces is what I call a “selfish hegemon.”
首先，由于奥巴马领导不力，在要求国际行动的关键问题上，美国正在“我有什么好处”的扯皮道路上越走越远。改一下经济学家金德尔伯格（Charles Kindleberger）所谓的“无私霸权”，我将如今世界所面对的美国称为“自私霸权”。