这些机构都提现了美国的利益，但它们也制定了某些行为规范 — — 以国际规则为基础的决策程序、非歧视原则，多边主义和透明运作 — — 最终也反过来规范了美国的行为。
These institutions reflected American interests, but they also codified certain norms of behavior – rule-based decision-making, non-discrimination, multilateralism, transparency – which eventually came to constrain American power as well.