First, the financial crisis has weakened the United States and Europe. They will be unwilling or unable to provide the kind of leadership that sustained multilateralism in the decades that followed World War II.
对以上的论断有两个相互关联的理由。首先，金融危机已经削弱了美国和欧洲的实力。美国和欧洲将会不愿意或没有能力提供在第二次世界大战后几十年里维持多边主义的那种领导。发展中国家将不得不进来填补空缺。