The beginning of the twenty-first century differs from past decades and centuries in that the existence of a single global super-Power will make the rule of the mighty global in both scale and consequence.
二十一世纪的开端之所以和过去的数十年乃至多个世纪不同，是因为单一的全球超级强权的存在将在规模和结果两方面统领强大的全球力量。