There is opportunity in austerity. Britain and France are putting pen to parchment on a new defence treaty – the first of its kind since the Treaty of Dunkirk in 1947. Strange as it may seem, the two countries were fretting then about German resurgence. Now, they want to hold on to a role in a world where power is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
緊縮中蘊含著機遇，英法兩國即將簽署一份新的防禦條約(編者注：英法已於11月2日簽署該防禦條約)，這是自1947年敦克爾克條約(Treaty of Dunkirk)簽署以來的首個此類條約。儘管看上去也許很奇怪，不過兩國當時擔憂的是德國的東山再起。現在，它們則是希望在實力從大西洋向太平洋轉移的世界中，能夠佔有一席之地。
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