This is not to say that Obama has had no transformational effects. He changed the course of an unpopular policy in Iraq and Afghanistan; embraced counter-insurgency tactics based on less costly uses of military and cyber power; increased American soft power in many parts of the world; and began to shift America’s strategic focus to Asia, the global economy’s fastest-growing region.
这并不是说奥巴马没有进行转型努力。他改变了在伊拉克和阿富汗不受欢迎的政策；使用了基于较低成本的动武和网络战等反暴动手段；增加了美国在世界各地的软实力；还开始将美国的战略重点转向全球经济增长最快的地区——亚洲。