《外交政策》1/2月合刊一直以来,美国都能顺利渡过周期性衰退,而当年前苏联和日本对美国形成的霸权威胁最终也被证明只是美好的幻想。但这次情况不同了。“狼”真的来了,中国就是那只狼。中国对美国的严重挑战包括经济和人口两大方面。前苏联解体,是因为它的经济体制非常低效,这是一个致命的缺陷。在很长的一段时 The United States has been able to weather the cyclical recession all along. However, the threat of hegemony the United States formed by the Soviet Union and Japan in those days proved ultimately just a beautiful illusion. But this time the situation is different. “Wolf ” really come, China is the wolf. China’s serious challenges to the United States include both economic and demographic aspects. The disintegration of the former Soviet Union was because its economic system was so inefficient that it was a fatal flaw. For a long time