在G8峰会即将到来之际，我们不能不注意到这样一个事实：70年来，美国第一次不再能够推行国际日程和在当今最紧迫的问题上成为全球领袖。
In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the United States cannot drive the international agenda or provide global leadership on all of today’s most pressing problems.