Modern Japan is France, an ally of the retreating hegemon and a declining regional power.

日本就如当时的法国，同为衰退霸权国的同盟者，在地区的影响力同样下降。

The dollar is a global hegemon partly because it is also a global hedge.

这种全方位的防御力某种程度上巩固了美元的全球霸主地位。

Some Western commentators divine a profound shift as China bids for the role of global hegemon .

不少西方评论员非常关注这些重大的变化，认为这是中国开始寻求成为全球霸主的迹象。

But currency politics is very, very powerful and is part of what has made the US a hegemon for so long, like Britain before it.

但货币政治非常非常强大，它是美国如此长久占据霸权地位的原因之一，就像美国之前的英国一样。

But that would put us in the role of Britain as the declining hegemon .

但那样将会让我们成为像英国一样日益没落的霸权。

However, when America thinks important interests are at stake, it still ignores the rules, just like the next hegemon .

然而，当美国认为其重要利益处于关键时刻，它仍然会忽视这些规则，就像另一个霸权。

Yet Pax Niponica never got past the early 1990s; one former inevitable global hegemon has been downgraded to the sick man of Asia.

然而，日本霸权（PaxNiponica）从未跨越1990年代初，日本这个曾经不可避免的全球霸权国家已降级为“亚洲病夫”。

Yet, as if to declare itself the world's unrivalled hydro-hegemon , China is also the largest dam builder overseas.

然而，似乎是为了宣称自己是全球无与伦比的水电巨擘，中国也是在海外建设水坝数量最多的国家。

If China does usurp America, what kind of hegemon will it be?

如果中国真的篡夺了美国的地位，这会是一个怎样的霸主呢？

Back in 2000 the United States, the undisputed hegemon , was mainly at peace with the world.

时间倒回至2000年，美国这个无可争议的超级霸主与世界其他国家仍然处于和平状态。

S. campuses is merely the first front of the inevitable struggle between the hegemon and its challenger.

校园只是这种无法避免的冲突的前沿阵地。

The hegemon , then, is the country with the best credit.

因此，它应当是信用最好的国家。

In the 1980's, Japan seemed to be becoming the new economic hegemon .

在1980年代，日本好像变成了一个新的经济霸主。

In the just-completed summer Olympics, America's status as the globe's athletic hegemon was clearly under attack.

在刚刚结束的夏季奥运会中，美国作为全球运动霸王的地位显然受到了威胁。

In the Western hemisphere it has been a benign hegemon ; in the wider world it has been either a leader or an adversary.

在西半球，它一直是一个善意的霸权（hegemon）；在全球，它要么是领袖，要么是对手。

In the liberal order, no state, even the hegemon , is above the law.

在这样的一个自由主义秩序下，没有任何一个国家，包括霸权国，能超越法律行事。

China's rulers say they want economic development and a peaceful world in which no "hegemon " can throw its weight around.

中国的统治者说他们需要的是经济的发展和一个没有“霸权”的和平世界。