公眾人物畢業(yè)演講(MP3+字幕)第110期:奧巴馬美國軍事學(xué)院(14)

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Our intelligence community has done outstandingwork and we have to continue to protect sourcesand methods

情報(bào)部門的工作非常出色 我們需要繼續(xù)保護(hù)情報(bào)來源和獲取方法

But when we cannot explain our efforts clearly andpublicly we face terrorist propaganda andinternational suspicion

但如果我們不能清楚地向公眾解釋各項(xiàng)行動(dòng) 我們就會(huì)給恐怖主義宣傳留下口實(shí) 就會(huì)面臨國際上的質(zhì)疑

we erode legitimacy with our partners and our people and we reduce accountability in ourown government

我們在合作伙伴和人民心中的正當(dāng)性就會(huì)受到侵蝕 我們政府的可靠性就會(huì)減弱

And this issue of transparency is directly relevant to a third aspect of American leadership

透明性的問題 直接相關(guān)于美國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的第三個(gè)側(cè)面

and that is our effort to strengthen and enforce international order

也就是我們維護(hù)和強(qiáng)化國際秩序的努力

After World War II, America had the wisdom to shape institutions to keep the peace andsupport human progress from NATO and the United Nations, to the World Bank and IMF

二戰(zhàn)后 美國一直 擁有智慧 讓各大機(jī)構(gòu)能夠有效維持和平 并支持人類進(jìn)步 從北約和聯(lián)合國 到世界銀行和國際貨幣基金組織

These institutions are not perfect, but they have been a force multiplier

這些機(jī)構(gòu)并不完美 但它們能夠讓我們力量倍增

They reduce the need for unilateral American action and increase restraint among other nations

它們減少了美國采取單邊行動(dòng)的必要性 增加了其它國家之間的約束

Now, just as the world has changed, this architecture must change as well

現(xiàn)在 隨著世界的變化 這種構(gòu)架也必須發(fā)生變化

At the height of the Cold War

在冷戰(zhàn)最盛的時(shí)期

President Kennedy spoke about the need for a peace based upon "a gradual evolution inhuman institutions"

肯尼迪總統(tǒng)說和平需要依賴于 "人類機(jī)構(gòu)的逐漸演化"

And evolving these international institutions to meet the demands of today must be a criticalpart of American leadership

讓這些國際機(jī)構(gòu)不斷演化 以滿足如今的需要 是美國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的一個(gè)關(guān)鍵組成部分