What will be the role of the US in the 21st century? This is a question I rashly agreed to address last week at the Carnegie Council in New York. In analysing it, I considered a closely related issue that also exercises Americans: is the future role of the US in its own hands? The answer is: yes, but only up to a point. The US can control what it does. But it cannot control what others do.
美国将在21世纪中扮演什么样的角色?近日在纽约举行的卡内基委员会(Carnegie Council)的一次活动上,我不假思索地答应就这一问题发表演说。在研究过程中,我想到了一个与之密切相关的问题,一个同样令美国人感到焦虑的问题:美国未来的角色掌握在它自己手中吗?答案是肯定的,不过只是从某种程度上而言。对于它自身的举动,美国可以控制,而对于别人怎么做,它无法掌控。
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