Flawed geo-political giants have in the past been a source of instability (Germany before World War I is an obvious analogy), and there are good reasons to see them presenting increased risk in the twenty-first century. But for the moment they are unquestionably powerful.
地缘政治存在缺陷的大国在过去是不稳定的缘由(一次世界大战前的德国就是明显的例子)，而且有理由看到它们在二十一世纪带来更大的风险。但是目前，这些国家毫无疑问具有强大的实力。