CIA's Dilemma: A World Divided Between Countries With a Rule of Law and Those Without One

摘要

When Americans look out at the other 194 or so countries in the world, they tend to consider them as somewhat the same, though they likely prefer to vacation in Paris rather than Timbuktu. They sense that all countries, whatever their status as to wealth or political system, are similar because they do have one thing in common, they are not us, they are foreign. Americans view their country as unique and indeed, the sovereignty of the United States is greater than that of any other country. Americans may consciously differentiate among countries in different stages of development, but subconsciously not so much. The American picture is "us here and them out there." In their minds, the international division is between Americans and those who wish they were Americans.