Should the United States maintain a pax americana, or should it not?

美国应不应该维护美式和平？

The ultimate purpose of this course is to make you decide whether a Pax Americana is worth the work, worth the sacrifice or not.

这样做的终极目的是让你们决定美国的和平是否值得那么多的付出和牺牲。

You and I live in the times of a Pax Americana with consequences affecting every American and every part of his or her life.

我们所处的是美国和平时期由此产生的结果影响所有的美国人以及生活的方方面面。

And so President Donald Trump's decision may become the latest proof that we now live in a post–Pax Americana world- one in which the U.S. perhaps doesn't play a lead role but a participatory one.

如此一来，唐纳德·特朗普总统的决定或许就成了最新的证据，表明我们现在处在一个“后美国治世”的时代——一个美国在世界舞台上发挥的不再是主导作用而是参与作用的时代。