With no attractive ideas or values to appeal to neighbours, it falls back on a resurgent nationalism that scares them instead: we were a great power, should always be a great power, and by golly look at us now, so get out of the way!

• 它的观念和价值观对邻邦毫无吸引力，相反它又重新回归到令邻国恐惧的民族主义：我们曾经是大国，应当永远都是大国，不要惊讶的看着我，走开！