As America’s legitimacy diminishes, new actors are appearing on the world stage – or returning for an encore. Russia and China today are united not only by their energy deals, but also by both countries’ conviction that their time has come, and that the outside world needs them more than they need the outside world, particularly the US.
随着美国合法性的不断减退，新的演员已经登上了世界舞台¾或者说再次回到了舞台的中心。今天，将俄国和中国联系在一起的已经不仅仅是两国的能源协议，这两个国家都认定，属于他们的时代已经到来。世界需要他们更甚于他们需要世界，而美国尤其如此。