Exercising smart power begins with realistic assessments of the world we inhabit.

运用明智的实力要从实事求是地评估我们生活的世界入手。

With smart power, we will seek to build partnerships that transcend geographic and political boundaries.

通过明智的实力， 我们将谋求建立能超越地域和政治疆界的伙伴合作关系。

In shifting to John Bolton, we go from a centrist to a neocon; from a calming personality who builds teams to a harsh ideologue who drives them into the ground; and from a practitioner of smart power to a theorist of hard power.

从麦克马斯特到约翰·博尔顿，我们经历的是从中间派到新保守主义者的转变：是从组建团队的冷静型性格到把团队逼入困境的苛刻空想家的转变;也是从巧力的践行者到硬实力理论家的转变。