Syria’s implosion, and the chaos and extremism that are likely to breed there, will threaten the entire Middle East: the stability of Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, Gaza, the West Bank, Israel, Iran, and Saudi Arabia hangs in the balance. But we do not even know who will succeed Hillary Clinton as US Secretary of State when Obama’s second term formally begins in January, or who will be on the White House security team.
叙利亚局势的爆发及可能由此产生的混乱和极端主义将威胁整个中东地区的安全：包括黎巴嫩、约旦、土耳其、伊拉克、加沙、约旦河西岸、以色列、伊朗和沙特阿拉伯的稳定局势。但我们不清楚奥巴马第二任任期在1月正式开始后谁将接替希拉里·克林顿担任美国国务卿，也不知道白宫安全团队将由哪些人组成。