The Republican victory in the midterm elections was a triumph for its strategy of sustained vilification of the president and obstruction of his policies. The result will have big implications for the future of the US. But it also has implications for the rest of humanity. This is inevitable, given the role of the US as the world’s largest and most technologically advanced economy, guarantor of the open world economy and greatest military power. But the US is also the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and among the highest emitters per head.
美國共和黨在中期選舉中獲勝,標志著該黨長期詆毀奧巴馬總統(tǒng)并阻撓其政策的戰(zhàn)略得手。這一結果將對美國的未來產生重大影響。但它也會對全人類產生影響。這是不可避免的,因為美國是全球規(guī)模最大且技術最為先進的經濟體,是全球開放經濟的保障者,也是頭號軍事強國。但美國也是全球第二大溫室氣體排放國,人均排放量位居全球最高之列。