The US may be pivoting eastward in an attempt to answer the rise of China. The EU may be gazing inward in its tortured attempts to emerge from the eurozone crisis. But the Middle East – rarely more combustible than now – will not be wished away by inertia or introversion. It will continue to monopolise the firefighting capacity of world powers throughout 2013 and beyond.
為了應對中國的崛起,美國可能正在將戰略重心向東轉移。歐盟(EU)可能正關注于自身,備受煎熬地試圖擺脫此次歐元區危機。但幾乎從未比現在更動蕩不安的中東地區,不會在各方不采取任何主動措施或僅僅是內省的情況下,就讓該地區的問題消失。它將在整個2013年以及更長的時間內,壟斷性消耗世界大國的“救火”力量。
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