The biggest rap against Barack Obama’s foreign policy is that he is naive. Yet, as his presidency matures, Mr Obama is showing qualities one would normally associate with Henry Kissinger — the arch-realist of US diplomacy. Neoconservatives and liberals alike care about the internal character of regimes with which the US does business. Mr Kissinger stands apart from that tradition. The less Mr Obama preaches morality to foreigners, the more he distances himself from the exceptionalists — the more opportunities he creates. It is a welcome sign of a president with a learning curve.
對于巴拉克?奧巴馬(Barack Obama)的外交政策，最大的批評就是他太過天真。不過，隨著奧巴馬在總統任上漸趨成熟，他正在展示人們通常會與亨利?基辛格(Henry Kissinger)這個美國外交的極端現實者聯系起來的品質。新保守主義者和自由主義者有一個共同點：他們都關心美國打交道的政權的內在特性?；粮駝t脫離了這一傳統。奧巴馬越少向外國人鼓吹道德，他與美國例外主義就越疏遠——他也就會創造越多機遇。對于一位邊學邊干的總統來說，這是個可喜的跡象。