Unlike the fracas over an American missile shield in Europe, this conflict shows no signs of blowing over, and threatens to damage further the rocky relationship between Russia and the West.

与美国在欧洲部署导弹防御系统问题上的喧嚣吵闹不同，这次冲突没有任何被人们淡忘的迹象，而且可能给本已困难的俄国与西方国家关系造成进一步的损害。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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A democracy that produces governments led by Hamas, Hezbollah, or the Muslim Brotherhood is inevitably bound to be anti-Western and opposed to an American-inspired “peace process” with Israel.

这样的民主产生了被哈马斯、真主党或穆斯林兄弟会所领导的政府，它们无可避免地会与西方对抗并且反对由美国所倡导的与以色列之间的“和 平进程”。

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Had America really told others to bring in American banks to teach them about how to run their business?

难道美国没有告诉其他国家让美国的银行进入它们的市场以便教它们如何经营它们的业务？

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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But only in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and the American state of Oregon are physicians permitted to assist a patient in ending his or her life by means other than withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment.

但仅在荷兰、比利时、瑞士和美国的俄勒冈州才允许医生停止维持生命的治疗，以帮助病人结束他们的生命。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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These dangers were predictable, and the world now knows that the war has proved a terrible failure of American strategy, and may yet have even more catastrophic consequences.

这些危险是可以预料得到的，而且全世界都知道，这一场战争表明美国战略的惨痛失败，还可能会有更为灾难性的后果。

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While there may be security reasons for any future US administration to oppose even a civilian nuclear program, American policymakers also recognize the strategic impact that nuclear energy will have in stabilizing the Iranian regime.

尽管任何一届未来的美国政府都可能出于安全原因反对伊朗的民用核计划，但美国的政策制定者们也应该承认核能对稳定伊朗政权会产生的战略影响。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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The same day, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates criticized China for unexpectedly curtailing American ship visits to Chinese ports because of American arms sales to Taiwan.

同一天，美国国防部长盖茨批评中国由于美国向台湾的军售而突然禁止美国军舰停留中国港口。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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US consumers buy imports rather than American-made goods because imports are cheaper.

美国的消费者购买进口产品而不是美国产品是因为进口产品更便宜。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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The equipment list and the original invoice valued 600,000 USD as contributed by American party.

美方陆拾万美元之设备清单及发票原件；

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http://www.fdi.gov.cn/index.htm 30.04.2011

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One American politician who understands how to work with the Iranian power structure is former Congressman Lee Hamilton, now head of the Woodrow Wilson Center.

一位知道如何同伊朗的权力层打交道的美国政客就是前国会议员，现任伍德罗•威尔逊中心主任的Lee Hamilton。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Nevertheless, Russia may be able to develop, out of its own spiritual and cultural resources, an attractive alternative to both the American and European models, provided it achieves long run economic success.

但是，俄国或许会用自身的精神和文化资源发展吸引人的替代美国和欧洲的模式，前提是它取得长久的经济成功。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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In September 2005, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1624 – paradoxically, with American approval – calling upon all member states to enact criminal sanctions against those who incite terrorism.

在2005年9月，联合国安理会通过了1624号决议—出奇般地得 到了美国的赞同—号召所有成员国对那些煽动恐怖主义的国家实施刑事制裁。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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American voters, who are famously loathe to increase taxes, might start thinking a lot harder about the real economic costs of their country’s superpower status.

美国的纳税人一贯以痛恨加税著称，他们可能会开始考虑美国超级大国地位的实际的经济代价。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Some say there are two issues in the coming American elections: the Iraq war and the economy.

有人说在即将来临的美国选举中有两大议题，就是伊拉克战争和经济。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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The current moment of American weakness coincides with a substantially changed international political environment, defined largely by the limits of US power, Europe’s ineffectiveness, and the emergence of new global giants like China and India.

美国现时的软弱是与经历了深刻变化的国际政治环境相关的，其特点是美国势力的局限，欧洲的无所作为和中国、印度等新的全球大国的出现。

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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