Their strategy is expansionist and imperialist, and it is greatest in effect, of course, when there is no countervailingpower.
他们的战略是扩张主义的和帝国主义的,当然,它在没有抗衡力量的时候就会达到最大效果。
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Too aggressive a Chinese military posture could produce a countervailing coalition among its neighbors that would weaken both its hard and soft power.
如果中国高调扩张其军事力量,这可能会导致其邻国结盟,最后造成两败俱伤的局面。
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But modern conservatism has grown into exactly the opposite of its origins, in Burke's respect for tradition and Madison's promotion of countervailing checks on concentrations of power.