The Cold War’s bipolar governance structures and a subsequent period of American unilateralism – to which the non-aligned states attempted to act as a counterbalance – have given way to a much more complex and interdependent multi-polar world. While the United States and Europe are still struggling to overcome a serious economic crisis, many NAM members, such as India, Chile, and Singapore, have maintained relative strong growth and form a part of new global governance structures, such as the G-20.
但过去让不结盟运动团结起来的现实已经改变了。冷战的两极主宰结构及其后的美国单极时代（即没有结盟国家试图制衡美国）已经让位给了更加复杂、更加相互依赖的多极世界。美国和欧洲仍在严重的经济危机中挣扎，而印度、智利、新加坡等许多不结盟运动国家保持着相对强劲的增长，并跻身G20等新的全球治理结构的一部分。