For the Unites States, the European Union, Japan, and other members of the “Old West,” the good news is that most of the emerging powers that are positioning themselves for a more active global role are also democracies. Within the G-20, only two states – China and Saudi Arabia – explicitly do not want to be liberal democracies, while a third, Russia, has developed into an autocracy with a democratic façade.
对美国、欧盟、日本和其他“旧西方”成员来说，好消息是大部分追求更活跃全球角色的新兴强国同样也是民主国家。在G20中，只有中国和沙特两个国家明确不希望走自由民主道路，而俄罗斯实行的是独裁为体、民主为表。