与此同时，用前工党影子外交大臣道格拉斯·亚历山大（Douglas Alexander）的话说 ， “ 自二战结束以来，美国一直是基于强大而稳定的跨大西洋联盟的国际秩序的系统操作员，而支持这一跨大西洋联盟的两大支柱是北约和欧盟。
At the same time, in the words of Douglas Alexander, the former Labour shadow foreign secretary, “since the end of World War II, America has been the system operator of international order built on a strong, stable Transatlantic Alliance supported by the twin pillars of NATO and the EU.