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.
國家正在「捲土重來」？看起來可能就是如此。老式的國家間衝突正攪動著中國海(China Sea)和俄羅斯西部邊境。政府間會議，比如剛結束的亞太經合組織(Apec)會議和20國集團(G20)雪梨峯會，都具備了一種少有的緊迫性。更能證明這一點的是，在從伊朗核計劃到全球變暖等一系列問題上，老式的外交仍發揮著主導作用。
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