Joseph Stalin once dismissed the relevance of “soft power” by asking, “How many troops does the Pope have?” Today, many self-styled realists dismiss the United Nations as powerless, and argue that it can be ignored.
斯大林一次在说到“软实力”的意义时，不屑一顾地问道“教皇有多少军队？”今天，许多自诩为现实主义者的人不屑地认为联合国毫无实力可言，并且根本就应该不把它当一回事。他们的想法是错误的。