The world has changed greatly since I left the White House. Now there is only one superpower, with unprecedented military and economic strength. The coming budget for American armaments will be greater than those of the next fifteen nations combined, and there are troops from the United States in many countries throughout the world.
But instead of entering a millennium of peace, the world is now, in many ways, a more dangerous place. The greater ease of travel and communication has not been matched by equal understanding and mutual respect. . (46)There is a plethora of civil wars, within which an overwhelming portion of the casualties are unarmed civilians who have no ability to defend themselves. And recent appalling acts of terrorism have reminded us that no nations, even superpowers, are invulnerable.
46 世界上仍然有许多内战,大部分内战的死难者是那些手无寸铁而无力自卫平民.
47 显然,全球性挑战必须用与他国和睦相处,结成翁姑的联盟和国际共识的和平手段来应对.
48 我们必须牢记,今天的地球上至少有八个拥有核武器的国家,其中的三个正在充满国际紧张局势的地区威胁着它们的邻国.
49 我们接受联合国是最好的维护和平的途径这一前提,那么联合国安理会经过谨慎考虑的决定就必须得到执行.