These stands are vastly more significant than any UN vote. Such votes can be
coerced by a great power and little attention is paid to them in the world.
But the economic interests of a nation and its view of the main danger in the
world are important determinants of how it reacts economically – for example
to sanctions. A “no” to US sanctions is putting one’s money where one’s
mouth is.
We in the West hear that Russia is “isolated in the world” as a result of
the crisis in Ukraine. If one is speaking about the Eurovassal states and the
Anglosphere, that is true. But considering humanity as a whole and among the
rising economie of the world, it is the US that stands isolated. And even in
Europe, cracks are emerging. Hungary and Serbia have not joined the sanctions
regime and of course most European countries will not and indeed cannot turn
away from Russian energy imports crucial to their economies. It appears that
the grand scheme of U.S. global hegemony to be brought about by the US move
to WWII Redux, both Cold and Hot, has hit a mighty snag.
・both Cold and Hot はもちろん 「cold war であろうと hot war であろうと」の意。
・snag は多義語であるが、ここの場合は hit a snag で熟語。
英辞郎から引用すると、
hit a snag 切り株にぶつかる、思わぬ困難な問題にぶつかる
We hit a snag in our plans when Barbie crashed our car into Ken's.
バービーが私たちの車をケンの車にぶつけ、私たちの計画は暗礁に乗り上げた。
come upon a snag 思わぬ障害にぶつかる
hit a big snag 大きな問題にぶち当たる
など。
For those who look forward to a multipolar world, this is a welcome turn of
events emerging out of the cruel tragedy of the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine.
The possibility of a saner, more prosperous multipolar world lies ahead – if
we can get there.
・turn of event は頻出表現である。
英辞郎から一部引用すると、
unfortunate turn of event《an 〜》事態の残念な展開
turn of events 事態［情勢］の変化、出来事の節目
bizarre turn of events《a 〜》事態の奇妙な展開
など。
・lie ahead も頻出表現。やはり英辞郎から引用すると、
lie ahead 目の前に〜がある、前途に横たわる、行く手に控えている
Even if they changed their CEO, so many other tasks lie ahead of them.
CEOを変えたとしても、他にも多くの課題が彼らの目の前に残っている。
I already know what lies ahead. その先は言わなくても分かるよ。
