Quite simply, the ad hoc policymaking that directed interventions in the Balkans, Somalia, southwest Asia, and the Middle East in the past two decades will not suffice in this new era of limitations. This suggests that the US should seek out an overarching strategy to discipline its impulses to fight wars of choice or engage in nation-building efforts.
显而易见，过去20年来干预巴尔干、索马里、东南亚和中东的临时决策无法成为新的局限时代的决策指南。这表明，美国必须决定新的总体战略，来约束其发动战争或卷入他人建国过程的冲动。