In our globalized age, vast impersonal forces are supposed to determine events. Globalized markets, unfettered trade, militant Islam, China’s awakening: these are the things historians and strategists usually portray as the key forces shaping our destiny.
在我们这个全球化的时代，许多事情本应该有巨大的非人力决定。全球化的市场、自由贸易、武装伊斯兰和中国的觉醒：这些都被历史学家和战略家们描述为决定我们命运的关键力量。但大多数人却并不这么看。