Is the state making a comeback? It can certainly look like it. Old-fashioned interstate conflicts are roiling the China Sea and Russia’s western borders. Inter-governmental meetings such as the last Apec conference and the Group of 20 leading economies in Sydney took on an unwonted urgency. More positively, it is old-fashioned diplomacy that is making the running on issues from Iran’s nuclear programme to global warming.
國(guó)家正在“卷土重來(lái)”?看起來(lái)可能就是如此。老式的國(guó)家間沖突正攪動(dòng)著中國(guó)海(China Sea)和俄羅斯西部邊境。政府間會(huì)議,比如剛結(jié)束的亞太經(jīng)合組織(Apec)會(huì)議和20國(guó)集團(tuán)(G20)悉尼峰會(huì),都具備了一種少有的緊迫性。更能證明這一點(diǎn)的是,在從伊朗核計(jì)劃到全球變暖等一系列問(wèn)題上,老式的外交仍發(fā)揮著主導(dǎo)作用。