We are coming out of 50 years, most unusual years, of history in which we have had a totally mono-polar world, in which every compass needle for or against has to be referenced by its position to Washington — a world bestrode by a single colossus.
Estamos saliendo de 50 años, los más inusuales de la historia, en los que hubo un mundo totalmente unipolar, en el que cada aguja de la brújula, a favor o en contra, era aludida a su posición con Washington, un mundo dominado por un solo coloso.