Asymmetry in power and wealth is growing, reinforcing the tendency of the more powerful States to resort to the use of force and the tendency of the weak to respond with asymmetric means.
权力和财富方面的不均衡正在增长，这加强了比较强大的国家诉诸武力的倾向和弱小国家不对等的方式作出反应的倾向。